North Korea sent many Russian soldiers and also deployed others in front of the Korsk region, according to Korean intelligence agencies in Korea.
It is said that the exact number of additional troops sent is unknown, but military officials quoted in South Korea media say they believe it is at least 1,000.
Moscowang has not confirmed new deployment.
North Korea was considered suffering severe losses in four months since the first placed troops to help Russia in its war in Ukraine.
In January, Western officers say BBC They believe that at least 1,000 of 11,000 troops sent from North Korea were killed in the past three months. North Korea and Russia do not comment.
South Korea’s intelligence agency said Thursday North Korea’s troops in Russia have been deployed to Kursk at the beginning of February “after a month Lull”.
Ukrainian special forces fought in Kursk speaks BBC in January that they did not see any troops in North Korea for many weeks. Ukrainian president Voltodmyr Zelensky was later confirmed that they returned to the front line.
Previously reported reports of South Korea’s intelligence suggested that North Korea soldiers were not ready for modern war, and more vulnerable to drones in Ukraine.
However, Defenses and other military experts speak BBC These troops should not be defined.
Russian president Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 2022. The strife brings heavy losses on both sides.
In August, Ukraine made a lightning pushed to the Russian Kursk region, which was in a turbulence of the boundaries. Russia tried to expel them from before.
While Ukrainian gains have continued to arrive at the arrival of North Korea in Russia in October, it still stays square in Russia and imposed many enemy defeats.
Russia’s military does not reveal public casualties from September 2022, if said 5,937 soldiers were killed.
Zelensky puts military casualties in Ukraine at 45,100 – but many military experts in Ukraine and West believe the losses are higher.
The reports began that North Korea soldiers were placed in October, following the depth of bilateral relationship between Putin and North Korea leader Kim Jong Un. This includes signing a security and defense agreement.
