SEOUL: North Korean troops have suffered more than 6,000 casualties fighting for Russia in the war against Ukraine, more than half of the about 11,000 soldiers initially sent to the Kursk region, the British Defense Ministry said in a post on X on Sunday.
North Korea troops suffered more than 6,000 casualties in Ukraine war, UK defense intelligence says
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SEOUL: North Korean troops have suffered more than 6,000 casualties fighting for Russia in the war against Ukraine, more than half of the about 11,000 soldiers initially sent to the Kursk region, the British Defense Ministry said in a post on X on Sunday.
The figure represents more than half of the North Korean troops believed to have been initially deployed to Russia’s Kursk region.
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