EVERY last North Korean troop fighting in Putin’s bloody war could be wiped out within a matter of weeks, with nearly 100 wounded or killed a day. The mad Russian dictator has frequently been accused of using Kim Jong-un‘s men as cannon fodder in the Kursk region as the ill-prepared troops fight in “unfamiliar battlefields”. RexA young-looking North Korean fighter stares down the lens of a Ukrainian drone[/caption] East2WestA line of dead North Korean soldiers laid out in the snow shortly after they joined the front line[/caption] AFPNorth Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un posing with troops during an inspection at a training base of the Korean People’s Army’s special operations forces[/caption] Over 12,000 troops were sent by North Korea in a humiliating attempt to bolster Putin’s dwindling forces – but all may be devastatingly wiped out within the next 12 weeks. The Institute for the Study of War has been tracking developments on the frontlines of the bloody invasion of Ukraine since it began in February 2022. The research group said in a damning assessment on January 16 that “the entirety of this North Korean contingent in Kursk Oblast may be killed or wounded in roughly 12 weeks”. Earlier this year, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said 3,800 North Korean soldiers have been so far killed or maimed in the Kursk region. Reports of Kim’s troops sacrificing their lives for mad Vlad first emerged in early November – while significant, devastating fighting began taking place from December. The ISW has estimated that the North Korean contingent is suffering losses of roughly a whopping 92 people a day. And if the high casualty rate pattern continues, Kim’s troops will be completed wiped out by mid-April. The group added: “North Korean forces will likely continue to suffer a larger ratio of wounded to killed in action – as is typical for armed conflict – and it is unclear if or when injured North Korean soldiers return to combat.” Kim Jong-un’s troops have been consistently used as cannon fodder in Putin’s war. It was previously reported North Koreans were being made to file through booby-trapped fields and blown up one-by-one like human mine detectors. In the first account of close-up combat with North Koreans, Lieutenant Colonel “Leopard” said the troops are being used for Russia’s “meat grinder” strategy where the commanders are “unfazed by loss of life”. There is a developing pattern of North Koreans being been sent on these effective suicide missions by the Russians. Footage emerged recently of Kim Jong-un’s fighters being sent to jog through snowy no-man’s-land and fatally soak up Ukrainian ammo. On a battlefield in Kursk, some two dozen men thought to be North Korean fighters huddle together before jogging out towards enemy lines. Ukrainian veteran Vitaliy, 35, told The Times it was “like a dream for our mortars and machine gunners”. A diary found on a dead North Korean soldier also illuminated the twisted sacrificial mentality that has been drilled into them by officials. One entry read: “Defending the homeland is a sacred duty of every citizen and the highest mission.” “I will join the front lines of this operation and sacrifice my life.” GettyPhotos shared by Zelensky show captured North Korean troops[/caption] TelegramNorth Korean troops training in the Kursk region[/caption] RexDrone footage has recorded many images of dead soldiers thought to be North Koreans[/caption] Putin forced to pack out propaganda parades with North Korean soldiers By Annabel Bate, Foreign News Reporter MAD Vladimir Putin has been forced to pad out his pathetic parades with North Korean cannon fodder while Russian troops are being massacred on the frontline. Amongst the pomp, propaganda and weaponry, North Korean troops are to march through Moscow’s Victory Day parade for the first time, according to insiders. May 9 parades are held throughout Russia as a celebration of its defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945 that Putin has turned into a pillar of his nearly quarter-century in power and a justification of his invasion of Ukraine. Victory Day is a means to showcase to the world the might of the Russian military machine, recall wartime sacrifice and garner national pride – all led by a showcase event in Moscow‘s Red Square. Dozens of Putin’s North Korean cannon fodder are to join the parade in May as the mad dictator desperately attempts to show a substantial military – despite the total casualties of Russian troops standing at over 771,000. Russian sources revealed news of North Korea’s participation in the parade to Japanese broadcaster NHK, adding that a military band is also to take part in a music event in the Russian capital in late August. It will be the first time ever that North Korean military participates in World War II events in Russia. Russia’s Defence Minister Andrei Belousov visited Pyongyang in November, where he apparently invited North Korean military units to take part in the 80th Victory Day celebrations. North Korean troops tried to thwart Ukraine’s latest push into the Kursk region by storming the Ukrainian village of Makhnovka on Tuesday, in order to cut them off. They attempted to out-flank the offensive’s forces and cut off some of Ukraine’s “best-equipped” brigades. A previous Russian attempt to do the same thing had failed, with Zelenksy claiming on Saturday that an entire battalion of North Koreans and Russian paratroopers had been wiped out there. This time, a few hundred North Koreans managed to push into the village, and Leopard’s battalion was called up to reclaim it. “Our storm troops were sent in to conduct a counterattack,” he said. They watched the North Koreans through drone cameras, and saw them driving pensioners out into the snow in order to take shelter themselves. ReutersMilitary members salute during a military demonstration involving tank units, guided by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un[/caption] APA military parade to mark the 90th anniversary of North Korea’s army at the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang[/caption] AFPEarlier this year, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said 3,800 North Korean soldiers have been so far killed or maimed in the Kursk region.[/caption] “Metre by metre, our infantry moved under the cover of the tanks and cleared the streets. “They manoeuvred so that they wouldn’t be hit by the artillery.” The colonel said the North Koreans were mixed in amongst Russian troops in an attempt to condeal their identity. But the Ukrainians can tell them apart because the Koreans “don’t use drones yet, only the Russians”, Leopard said. “But I suspect they are starting to learn this, and the longer the war drags on, the more likely they are to innovate.” Leopard’s men successfully reclaimed the village with a firestorm of drones, vehicles and infantry. He revealed that, unlike the Russians, the North Koreans refused to be taken alive. They would either fight to the death or run and hide in the trees – although they seemed not to grasp that the Ukrainians could spot them easily with drones. This account of intimate conflict with Kim Jong-un’s dispatched fighters is unprecedented as previous engagement has been mainly through remote drones. An initial force of around 12,000 North Korean troops were shipped over to Russia, as first reported at the beginning of November. After a training period, evidence began to emerge in December that they had begun actively fighting on the front line. They have been most active in the Kursk region of Russia, where Zelenksy launched a second surprise offensive. South Korean intelligence reported last month that Kim is plotting to send even more North Koreans over to the front line. I was a North Korean soldier - troops will be used as 'human shields' By James Halpin, Foreign News Reporter A FORMER North Korean soldier said the troops in Russia will be looking to escape the battle in Ukraine “from the beginning”. Speaking to The Sun before North Korean troops were deployed in Ukraine, Hyun-Seung Lee, a soldier in the Kim army in the early 2000s, said the soldiers in North Korea will be forced to go the war. He said they will be young, so they won’t be that committed to the fighting. He said: “It will be individuals at first, but more like as time passes, I think there’ll be like a larger number of group defections, including officers.” That’s because, Lee says, the Russians will likely treat them as “expendable” and even more poorly than their own troops. He said: “Russian soldiers don’t respect them as their fellow warriors “They will treat them as their human shields.” Eventually, the North Koreans will realise the hierarchy and how they are being seen as “disposable” by the Russians and look to flee, Lee said. He added: “I think they’ll die without any impact. “Putin and Kim Jong-un would expect more from them… they won’t get the expected results.” “So, [troops will be told] ‘don’t pick up any material from Ukraine government or in the South Korean language’ and ‘they [claims in the propaganda they hear] are all fake’, and ‘it’s not true’ if someone defects, or ‘if you’re arrested, you’ll be tortured’.” But Lee believes the soldiers will be susceptible to any psy-ops the Ukrainian government uses to try and get troops to defect. He added: “I would say, if Ukraine’s government conducts a psychological strategy against North Korean soldiers then the chances are really high [of defection] because they don’t have real motivation. It’s not for money, right? They are not getting paid. “And obviously it’s [their motivation] not defending your country, and then your parents, and yourself. So it’s just that they are mobilised by the North Korean supreme commander Kim Jong-un.”
EVERY last North Korean troop fighting in Putin’s bloody war could be wiped out within a matter of weeks, with nearly 100 wounded or killed a day.
The mad Russian dictator has frequently been accused of using Kim Jong-un‘s men as cannon fodder in the Kursk region as the ill-prepared troops fight in “unfamiliar battlefields”.
Over 12,000 troops were sent by North Korea in a humiliating attempt to bolster Putin’s dwindling forces – but all may be devastatingly wiped out within the next 12 weeks.
The Institute for the Study of War has been tracking developments on the frontlines of the bloody invasion of Ukraine since it began in February 2022.
The research group said in a damning assessment on January 16 that “the entirety of this North Korean contingent in Kursk Oblast may be killed or wounded in roughly 12 weeks”.
Earlier this year, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said 3,800 North Korean soldiers have been so far killed or maimed in the Kursk region.
Reports of Kim’s troops sacrificing their lives for mad Vlad first emerged in early November – while significant, devastating fighting began taking place from December.
The ISW has estimated that the North Korean contingent is suffering losses of roughly a whopping 92 people a day.
And if the high casualty rate pattern continues, Kim’s troops will be completed wiped out by mid-April.
The group added: “North Korean forces will likely continue to suffer a larger ratio of wounded to killed in action – as is typical for armed conflict – and it is unclear if or when injured North Korean soldiers return to combat.”
Kim Jong-un’s troops have been consistently used as cannon fodder in Putin’s war.
It was previously reported North Koreans were being made to file through booby-trapped fields and blown up one-by-one like human mine detectors.
In the first account of close-up combat with North Koreans, Lieutenant Colonel “Leopard” said the troops are being used for Russia’s “meat grinder” strategy where the commanders are “unfazed by loss of life”.
There is a developing pattern of North Koreans being been sent on these effective suicide missions by the Russians.
Footage emerged recently of Kim Jong-un’s fighters being sent to jog through snowy no-man’s-land and fatally soak up Ukrainian ammo.
On a battlefield in Kursk, some two dozen men thought to be North Korean fighters huddle together before jogging out towards enemy lines.
Ukrainian veteran Vitaliy, 35, told The Times it was “like a dream for our mortars and machine gunners”.
A diary found on a dead North Korean soldier also illuminated the twisted sacrificial mentality that has been drilled into them by officials.
One entry read: “Defending the homeland is a sacred duty of every citizen and the highest mission.”
“I will join the front lines of this operation and sacrifice my life.”
Putin forced to pack out propaganda parades with North Korean soldiers
By Annabel Bate, Foreign News Reporter
MAD Vladimir Putin has been forced to pad out his pathetic parades with North Korean cannon fodder while Russian troops are being massacred on the frontline.
Amongst the pomp, propaganda and weaponry, North Korean troops are to march through Moscow’s Victory Day parade for the first time, according to insiders.
May 9 parades are held throughout Russia as a celebration of its defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945 that Putin has turned into a pillar of his nearly quarter-century in power and a justification of his invasion of Ukraine.
Victory Day is a means to showcase to the world the might of the Russian military machine, recall wartime sacrifice and garner national pride – all led by a showcase event in Moscow‘s Red Square.
Dozens of Putin’s North Korean cannon fodder are to join the parade in May as the mad dictator desperately attempts to show a substantial military – despite the total casualties of Russian troops standing at over 771,000.
Russian sources revealed news of North Korea’s participation in the parade to Japanese broadcaster NHK, adding that a military band is also to take part in a music event in the Russian capital in late August.
It will be the first time ever that North Korean military participates in World War II events in Russia.
Russia’s Defence Minister Andrei Belousov visited Pyongyang in November, where he apparently invited North Korean military units to take part in the 80th Victory Day celebrations.
North Korean troops tried to thwart Ukraine’s latest push into the Kursk region by storming the Ukrainian village of Makhnovka on Tuesday, in order to cut them off.
They attempted to out-flank the offensive’s forces and cut off some of Ukraine’s “best-equipped” brigades.
A previous Russian attempt to do the same thing had failed, with Zelenksy claiming on Saturday that an entire battalion of North Koreans and Russian paratroopers had been wiped out there.
This time, a few hundred North Koreans managed to push into the village, and Leopard’s battalion was called up to reclaim it.
“Our storm troops were sent in to conduct a counterattack,” he said.
They watched the North Koreans through drone cameras, and saw them driving pensioners out into the snow in order to take shelter themselves.
“Metre by metre, our infantry moved under the cover of the tanks and cleared the streets.
“They manoeuvred so that they wouldn’t be hit by the artillery.”
The colonel said the North Koreans were mixed in amongst Russian troops in an attempt to condeal their identity.
But the Ukrainians can tell them apart because the Koreans “don’t use drones yet, only the Russians”, Leopard said.
“But I suspect they are starting to learn this, and the longer the war drags on, the more likely they are to innovate.”
Leopard’s men successfully reclaimed the village with a firestorm of drones, vehicles and infantry.
He revealed that, unlike the Russians, the North Koreans refused to be taken alive.
They would either fight to the death or run and hide in the trees – although they seemed not to grasp that the Ukrainians could spot them easily with drones.
This account of intimate conflict with Kim Jong-un’s dispatched fighters is unprecedented as previous engagement has been mainly through remote drones.
An initial force of around 12,000 North Korean troops were shipped over to Russia, as first reported at the beginning of November.
After a training period, evidence began to emerge in December that they had begun actively fighting on the front line.
They have been most active in the Kursk region of Russia, where Zelenksy launched a second surprise offensive.
South Korean intelligence reported last month that Kim is plotting to send even more North Koreans over to the front line.
I was a North Korean soldier - troops will be used as 'human shields'
By James Halpin, Foreign News Reporter
A FORMER North Korean soldier said the troops in Russia will be looking to escape the battle in Ukraine “from the beginning”.
Speaking to The Sun before North Korean troops were deployed in Ukraine, Hyun-Seung Lee, a soldier in the Kim army in the early 2000s, said the soldiers in North Korea will be forced to go the war.
He said they will be young, so they won’t be that committed to the fighting.
He said: “It will be individuals at first, but more like as time passes, I think there’ll be like a larger number of group defections, including officers.”
That’s because, Lee says, the Russians will likely treat them as “expendable” and even more poorly than their own troops.
He said: “Russian soldiers don’t respect them as their fellow warriors
“They will treat them as their human shields.”
Eventually, the North Koreans will realise the hierarchy and how they are being seen as “disposable” by the Russians and look to flee, Lee said.
He added: “I think they’ll die without any impact.
“Putin and Kim Jong-un would expect more from them… they won’t get the expected results.”
“So, [troops will be told] ‘don’t pick up any material from Ukraine government or in the South Korean language’ and ‘they [claims in the propaganda they hear] are all fake’, and ‘it’s not true’ if someone defects, or ‘if you’re arrested, you’ll be tortured’.”
But Lee believes the soldiers will be susceptible to any psy-ops the Ukrainian government uses to try and get troops to defect.
He added: “I would say, if Ukraine’s government conducts a psychological strategy against North Korean soldiers then the chances are really high [of defection] because they don’t have real motivation. It’s not for money, right? They are not getting paid.
“And obviously it’s [their motivation] not defending your country, and then your parents, and yourself. So it’s just that they are mobilised by the North Korean supreme commander Kim Jong-un.”
