The NIS told South Korean lawmakers in early January that at least 300 North Korean soldiers sent to Ukraine had been killed and some 2,700 others injured, Yonhap reported.
North Korea has sent around 12,000 soldiers to join forces with Russia, which is trying to expel Ukrainian troops from Russia’s Kursk region after Kyiv’s surprise incursion last August.
The North Koreans arrived in Russia in late October, and Ukraine reported their presence on the battlefield in December last year.
But according to NIS analysis revealed earlier this year, the soldiers sent by Pyongyang have a “lack of understanding of modern warfare,” citing their “useless” attempts to shoot at long-range attack drones.
Neither the Kremlin nor Pyongyang, which signed a partnership treaty with each other last summer, have confirmed North Korea’s participation in the war against Ukraine. On Jan. 11, however, Ukrainian forces managed to capture two North Koreans alive.
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