North Korean troops sent to support Russia are being used as “human mine detectors” on the front lines of the Ukraine invasion.
The soldiers are deployed around the battlefield until they explode one after another, according to Lieutenant Colonel ‘Leopard’ of Ukraine’s 33rd ‘Big Cats’ Battalion, who revealed that their lives are worth little to their superiors.
‘The North Koreans have a “meat grinder” strategy. “When Ukrainians use a mine clearance vehicle, they simply use people,” he told Times.
‘They simply walk in single file, three or four meters away from each other, if one explodes, the doctors go behind to collect the dead, the crowd continues one after another. This is how they cross minefields.
Leopard said soldiers sent by Kim Jong Un often refuse to be captured alive, preferring to die in battle or simply flee while their commanders remain unfazed.
The United States estimates that 12,000 North Korean soldiers have been sent to fight for Russia, of whom around 4,000 have already died on the battlefield, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Drone footage taken last month shows the Russian meat-grinding tactic in action, with two dozen North Korean soldiers slowly running toward the Ukrainian front line in groups across an open, snow-covered battlefield as part of “charges.” suicides.”
They did not try to seek shelter, which was “like a dream for our mortars and machine guns,” Ukrainian veteran Vitaliy, 35, told the newspaper. Times.
North Korean soldiers have yet to learn how to use drones. Pictured above is a North Korean soldier who was filmed by a Ukrainian drone.
One macabre image is believed to include dead North Koreans fighting for Russia in the Kursk region.
The faces of North Korean soldiers revealed in the first close-up videos as they fight for Putin in the Kursk region, bordering Ukraine.
Vitaliy fought in the Battle of Bakhmut, in which waves of Russian murderers and rapists were sent to their deaths as apparent cannon fodder.
‘The Wagner group had a simple order: advance or die. “It seemed exactly the same to Koreans,” he said.
The Khorne Group, an organization linked to kyiv forces in the 116th Separate Mechanized Brigade and the 95th Air Assault Brigade, shared images showing what appeared to be North Korean soldiers stunned by a Ukrainian FPV drone overhead.
Another dark video showed a line of what were said to be bodies of Pyongyang soldiers lying in blood-covered snow next to slain Russians after their troops were nearly annihilated.
The Khorne Group said: ‘The long-awaited North Koreans. Weakness and bravery are his tactics, his trump card is physical fitness.’ They were “applying the same tactics as 70 years ago,” the Khorne Group added, alluding to the Korean War.
Ukrainian and South Korean officials say the North Koreans have proven to be a burden on Russian forces due to their outdated battlefield tactics, while inexperience in drone warfare makes them easy targets for Russia’s battle-hardened warriors. kyiv.
But Leopard said that while North Korean soldiers are not as heavily armed as their Russian counterparts, this will change the longer they are involved in the war.
“The North Koreans only use small arms, machine guns, grenade launchers, mortars, at most; that is the extent of their technology,” he said.
‘They don’t use drones yet, only the Russians. “But I suspect they are starting to learn this and the longer the war goes on, the more likely they are to innovate,” he added.
The Khorne Group, an organization linked to kyiv forces in the 116th Separate Mechanized Brigade and the 95th Air Assault Brigade, shared images showing what appeared to be North Korean soldiers stunned by a Ukrainian FPV drone overhead.
Reports say new footage shows North Korean troops on the front lines fighting for Vladimir Putin in Russia’s Kursk region, partially occupied by Ukraine.
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Previously, the United States warned that North Korea is “significantly benefiting” from deploying its troops in Ukraine as it makes them a more capable fighting force.
U.S. Deputy Ambassador Dorothy Camille Shea told the U.N. Security Council that nearly 12,000 North Korean troops have been training in Russia and fighting Ukraine’s incursion into the Kursk region.
Shea said Kim Jong Un’s soldiers are “significantly benefiting from receiving Russian military equipment, technology and expertise, making it more capable of waging war against its neighbors.”
He added: “In turn, the DPRK will likely be eager to take advantage of these improvements to promote global arms sales and military training contracts.”
South Korea’s U.N. ambassador Joonkook Hwang told the council that North Korean soldiers are “essentially Kim Jong Un’s slaves, who have been brainwashed to sacrifice their lives on distant battlefields to raise money for his regime and secure advanced military technology from Russia.
This comes after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declared that Russian troops were “burning the faces” of dead North Korean servicemen to hide their identities, and shared macabre images to illustrate his claim.
Citing a South Korean intelligence report, MP Lee Seong-kweun said yesterday: ‘In December, they (North Korean troops) engaged in actual combat, during which at least 100 deaths occurred.
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The North Koreans were fighting with very outdated tactics, according to analysts and officials.
“The National Intelligence Service also reported that the number of injured is expected to reach almost 1,000.”
Despite those losses, the agency also said it had detected signs that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was preparing to train a new special operations force to make shipments westward.
Lee noted that the North’s elite Storm Corps, from which the initial deployment was drawn, had “the ability to send reinforcements.”
The NIS also predicted “that Russia could offer reciprocal benefits” for a new deployment, Lee said, including the “modernization of North Korea’s conventional weaponry.”
The lawmaker added that “several North Korean casualties” had already been attributed to Ukrainian missile and drone attacks and training accidents, with the highest being “at least at the level of a general.”
The NIS said the high number of casualties could be attributed to the “unfamiliar battlefield environment, where North Korean forces are being used as expendable frontline assault units, and their lack of ability to counter drone attacks.” Lee said.
“Within the Russian military, complaints have apparently arisen that North Korean troops, due to their lack of drone knowledge, are more of a liability than an asset.”
Andriy Kovalenko, head of the Center for Countering Disinformation in kyiv, said: “The Russians’ tactics in the direction of Kursk are as follows: North Korean soldiers are massed in the forest and forced to storm narrow sections in several directions at the same time. “Their losses are significant.”
North Korean soldiers are seen in this image shared by Zelensky
One macabre image is believed to include dead North Koreans fighting for Russia in the Kursk region.
Ukraine is about to launch a second offensive in Russia’s Kursk region and faces a barrage of long-range missiles and continued Russian advances as both sides seek to position themselves at the strongest possible negotiating point before Trump takes office. post.
Zelensky called the Kursk offensive “one of our greatest victories,” costing Russia and North Korea, which sent soldiers to help Russia in Kursk, thousands of troops.
Zelensky said the offensive caused North Korea to suffer 4,000 casualties, but U.S. estimates put the number at about 1,200.