North Korea, Russia and Ukraine

North Korean troops 'withdraw from frontline' in Putin's Ukraine war after 'heavy losses'
Pyongyang is believed to have sent some 11,000 soldiers to help Putin’s army recapture a swathe of the Kursk region of Russia which Ukrainian forces seized in a surprise attack last summer. The Russian military has been gradually gaining ground in the attempt to force Ukrainian units out of Kursk.
North Korea's forces appear to be the latest 'expendable' army chewed up fighting Russia's war against Ukraine
North Korean troops, largely special ops forces, have suffered high casualty rates in bloody assaults, not unlike prison units.
Russia withdraws N Korean troops in Kursk after losses
North Korea began sending an estimated 11,000 troops to the Russian Kursk region late last year, soon after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on a mutual defense pact designed to strengthen their alliance against what they called a US-led “Western hegemony.”
North Korean soldiers in Russia: Were they ever there?
We still don’t know for sure if there are North Korean troops fighting in Russia against Ukrainian forces. Perhaps we never will. But Ukraine’s case for their presence was not made stronger by the sudden announcement on January 30 that they were gone.
Preoccupied with its troops in Russia, North Korea unlikely to embrace Trump’s overture soon
North Korea lashed out at U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio for calling it a “rogue” state and warned Monday that such “coarse and nonsensical remarks” will never contribute to U.S.
North Korean Troops Pulled From Front Lines in Russia
The soldiers appear to have been pulled back from the front lines in Kursk after suffering heavy casualties during barely a month of combat, Ukrainian officials said.
North Korean troops absent from front in Russia's Kursk Oblast since mid-January, Seoul says
January, there have been no signs showing North Korean troops deployed to the Russian Kursk region engaging in battle," South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS) said, suggesting that heavy losses may have been one of the reasons for their withdrawal.
North Korean missiles in the Ukraine war are getting deadlier — as troops use battlefield as ultimate testing ground
More than 20 missiles fired by Russian forces since December are now hitting within 160 to 330 feet of their targets, marking a significant improvement.
North Korea's Kim Expected to Send More Troops, Weapons to Russia
North Korean troops' limited combat experience and unfamiliarity with the terrain of the Russian-Ukrainian battlefields have contributed to heavy losses.
VOA Russian: Momentum lost for North Korean troops in Russia
Thousands of North Korean troops helped Russia regain some of its territory in the Kursk region following Ukraine's counterattack, but the Russian army is now using them less on the front line and have pulled some back.
The Associated Press on MSN14d
North Korea prepares to send more troops to Russia after suffering casualties, South Korea says
shows an image of soldiers believed to be from North Korea standing in line to receive supplies from Russia. (AP ...
Russia's North Korean Missiles Are Getting Better
"The worst problem we are facing is the one coming from North Korea," the head of Kyiv's military intelligence agency said in the fall.
ABC News22d
North Korean soldiers dispatched to Russia
Defectors in Seoul share sentiments about North Korean soldiers in Russia. SEOUL -- Over 12,000 North Korean troops are estimated to be fighting against Ukrainian forces in Russia’s ...
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North Korean troops in Russia's Kursk region appear not to have engaged in combat since mid-January, Seoul's spy agency told AFP Tuesday, after Kyiv claimed they had been ...
North Korean troops in Russia's Kursk region appear not to have engaged in combat since mid-January, Seoul's spy agency told AFP Tuesday, after Kyiv claimed they had been withdrawn from the front line ...
The West is seeing Kim Jong Un's army in action. The North Korean soldiers are brutal zealots undeterred in the face of death.
North Korean soldiers are capable, incredibly disciplined, and willing to die before they're captured. But they're also new ...