Pivnichny Korea recognizes great spending on Russian-Ukrainian war. According to other data, the number of dead and wounded exceeded 3 thousand people, while the DPRK is ready to increase support for Russia.
About those who are victorious against the Korean military and Who will contribute to the Russian offensive in the Kursk region, – from the material of RBC-Ukraine.
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How North Korea was drawn into the Russian-Ukrainian war
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The DPRK will strike hard Russia
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How the DPRK troops are fighting against Ukraine
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Why were there no soldiers North Korea near the Kursk region?
How the DPRK was drawn into the Russian-Ukrainian war
The Korean regime of Kim Jong-in from the very beginning supported Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. After several months, official Kiev separated diplomatic relations with Pyongyang.
As early as 2022, the growing shortage of reserves prompted Moscow to rush out for additional help. During this hour, according to various estimates, at least 5 million artillery shells, short-range ballistic missiles, artillery shells, machine guns and other weapons were delivered. The enemy has already stagnated the Korean ballistics for attacks on Ukraine from the beginning of 2023 to the beginning of 2024.
At the beginning of 2024, the DPRK announced plans to send military forces for engineering work in the occupied areas of the Donetsk region. The same month, around the time of Volodymyr Putin’s visit, the parties entered into an agreement on strategic partnership. The sickle and aphids of the Kursk operation of the Ukrainian Defense Forces showed that Korea was ready to support Russia.
It became known later about The presence of the DPRK military in the Donetsk region is insignificant. This was due to the fact that a large amount of the supplied ammunition was of bad quality. And earlier in the year it was reported that a battalion was being formed to take part in combat operations near the Kursk region.
“Our intelligence detects not only the transfer of ammunition from Northern Korea to Russia, but also the transfer of people. These workers for Russian factories are a replacement for the Russians killed in the war. And a special warehouse for the Russian army,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in mid-June.
The foreign media also wrote in a letter to Dzherel that foreign Korean soldiers had arrived to Russia. However, the main threat is posed by ground forces. According to data from the Ukrainian side, their number is estimated at 11-12 thousand individuals.
At the beginning of the leaf fall, the South Korean troops entered into their first battles with the Ukrainian Defense Forces. Footage of the liquidated fighters appears. For days it was reported that the first Korean soldier had been killed, but today it became known that he was taken seriously wounded and died.
“Behind the previous data, the number of killed and There are already 3 thousand wounded Korean troops in the Kursk region,” Zelensky said earlier this year.
As The New York Times writes, for millions of shells, howitzers, ballistic missiles and multiple launch rocket systems, Putin could pay up to 5.5 billion dollars. In addition, for the promotion of delivery to the special warehouse of the DPRK, you can earn up to 600 million dollars per river, while all official exports for the past river amount to 330 million dollars. In addition, Kim's regime is taking away naphtha, food and rocket technology he needs. I am seriously interested in Russian support in the future.
In the opinion of American intelligence services, the idea of igniting the Korean army on the territory of Russia belongs to Kim Jong Ying, and Putin is willing to support it.
As the DPRK faces Russia badly
Since the Korean War and close contacts with the USSR, Pivnichny Korea has adopted a wealth of military technologies, on the basis of which it has developed its military-industrial complex and the production of 122-mm caliber shells and 152 mm. This ammunition is comparable to artillery, as Russia fights against Ukraine. Korean reserves are estimated at millions or tens of millions of shells. These are great obligations that will exceed the potential of supplies to Ukraine from the EU countries.
From the end of 2023, Russia began to develop short-range ballistics KN-23 and KN-24 (even approximately analogues of “Iskander-M” and ATACMS). Surely, Pivnichna Korea has transferred nearly hundreds of such missiles.
At the fall of the leaves, Russia was weaning off hundreds of 170-mm self-propelled howitzers M1989 Koksan. The stench appears at 35-45 km and the sound of polypshit improves the effectiveness of counter-battery combat against self-propelled guns PzH 2000 or CAESAR, which is on the newly built SPAAG. In addition, it also took 20 units of the 240-mm RSZV “Yuche 100” (analogous to Radyan's “Uragans”).
According to Ukrainian intelligence, the main threat is the artillery installations themselves, and not lust. “Mova about the Koksan self-propelled guns, how the Russians fight on various frontline villages, as well as in peaceful front-line settlements. You can also say that it’s not the Koreans, but the Russians who are bringing artillery to the battlefield. The Koreans need “meat,” – referring to an unnamed representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate incomments one of the Ukrainian views.
The nomenclature of the Korean military support may appear even wider. And obviously the list of what Russia rejects is not exhaustive, both in terms of diversity and quantity. Korean intelligence anticipates that the DPRK may launch its attack drones in the near future.
The Ukrainian portal Defense Express paid tribute to the video from the Tyumen region, which recorded a train of Pukguksong-2 (KN-15) medium-range ballistic missile launchers with a range of up to 2000 km. Pivnichnaya Korea may attempt to test this missile directly on the battlefield, analysts admit.
How the DPRK is fighting against Ukraine
Reinforcements from thousands of troops from the DPRK help the Russians advance in the Kursk region. As much as possible – nutrition, but in the middle of the chest they will be actively involved in assault operations on the outside, entering and leaving the place of Sudzha, which is lost under Ukrainian control.
“They are vikorists without technology, like lust. The stench is not ready to stand up to drones, so they know the significant expenses. It seems that the Russians poorly informed the Koreans about the vikoristan UAVs. But what about those that are for the Russians life Koreans have no value,” – assigning the core to the Center for the Prevention of Disinformation at the RNBO Andriy Kovalenko.
In his words, the tactics are as follows: the command accumulates DPRK soldiers at the landings, so that the wife can storm the high-rise villages directly at once. The task is to run between the attacks of the Ukrainian Defense Forces and try to occupy other positions. “Besides these obvious things: hunters who can navigate the Radian armor and run ahead. Underestimate the enemy without a trace, otherwise he dies and it’s not good to believe in horror stories,” adding Kovalenko.
During the war, the Korean fighters behaved in a laudable and reckless manner. About this, it seems, the Russian completeness, exclusive footage was captured by RBC-Ukraine. They are prepared in front of Russians, giving more respect to practice. And on the combat line the defense will be placed in nearby dugouts. During the assault, they are thrown first, the stench screams fire on themselves, and Russian soldiers advance behind their backs. One of the full occupiers says that the original Koreans are “headless people who don’t give a damn where they go.”
The military forces from Southern Korea are inundated with propaganda. They didn’t mentally use smartphones or large snakes, which is unlikely to be achieved by Ukrainian propaganda from the series “throw away the junk, come to us.” “They are far from their paternalism and are not ready to deprive the one “island of security,” explains military expert Pavlo Narozhny.
If we start from the figure of 11 thousand, then there are approximately two Zagalnovysk brigades. Moreover, there was no daily news about those who brought tanks and armored personnel carriers with them.
“Three generals came to command them. One of them was wounded under the hour of our attack by Storm Shadow. Three generals for two brigades – that’s a lot. /p>
For In other words, the main task of the Korean military is to deny evidence of real military operations in the current war. The effectiveness in battles at this stage is very low. Zokrema through movny bar'yer.
“According to the Russian military commanders, they have one transfer for 50-100 people. So, if you take two platoons of infantry, one with a transfer, the other without. How can you fight like that? It’s unclear what is expected on battlefield, without information from UAVs and other reconnaissance vehicles? How to fight in this format, I have zero understanding,” Narozhny said in a conversation with RBC-Ukraine.
There is a growing idea that the Korean armies are somehow “arguing” the Russian offensive in the Kursk region. However, the expert is not suitable for it. In his words, with the expenditure of 7-8 thousand soldiers without a trace, wars with drones, heavy artillery and mine fields can create some kind of pressure, even if not a great one. Moreover, the situation there is apparently stable, and the Ukrainian forces did not advance through strong pressure, but in order to occupy better positions for defense and form a 1.5 km buffer.
“The enemy will need to cover 1.5 km in order to reach our landings. And it is practically unrealistic to work under constant fire. drones and artillery, and put down pellet guns. So, the Koreans will begin. maybe a little more motivated,” adding Narozhny.
Why weren’t there any DPRK soldiers near the Kursk region?
By the middle of the year in the Kursk region, Ukraine had lost control over approximately half of the territory it occupied in Serpny. As The Economist writes, things began to go wrong in the spring, when the military forces of the Defense Forces were replaced by others, less prepared in battles.
The offensive in the Kursk region was going well training of the air assault brigade.
“When we entered, we went through thick and thin, so deeply, and stretched out so much that logistical bases began to work in the tills on the occupied territory. After the clearing of the tills began, the enemy regrouped and began to attack, and the replacement of the first brigades was brought in by other ones in order to trim the defense, and they were still shaking, they simply moved to greater positions, so there was definitely no role for the Koreans in the Russian offensive,” explained Narozhny.
Behind the Great Revolution, the presence of over 10 thousand troops from the DPRK did not fundamentally change anything. As if nothing would have changed without them. According to estimates from the Ukrainian side, there are 550 to 600 thousand armed soldiers in the occupied territories and in the Kursk region. “It turns out that some of the Koreans are up to 2%. How can this 2% get stuck in?” – asks the expert.
The only option is to go through the war by analogy with the “Wagnerians” .
“When the stinkers showed up, they were just prisoners. They were not rescued, they were thrown into untreated assaults, and about 80-90% died. But 10-20% were denied evidence, they were well-bred, and the stench became a good shock force. If the Koreans get through this “crucible”, then they can also use striking force. Their generals will now begin, turn home, carry out any training, and then the pain will come, when they come to the war, they may appear to be much heavier,” emphasizes Narozhny.
When The preparations were supported by: publications of The New York Times, Financial Times, The Economist, statements by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, director of the Center for Countering Disinformation at the RNBO Andriy Kovalenko, commentary military expert Pavel Narozhny.
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