According to Estonian Colonel Ants Kivieselg, the head of the Estonian Defense Forces Intelligence Center (ERR), the losses suffered by North Korean troops in Ukraine could be greater than those of Russia.
Ukraine’s military intelligence agency (HUR) had reported that the first North Korean soldiers arrived in Russia’s Kursk Oblast at the end of October. HUR reports that North Korea has sent 12,000 troops, including 500 officers, three generals and 500 soldiers, to Russia.
Kiviselg stated that North Korean soldiers are trained to fight in mountainous terrain and are therefore unfamiliar with the climate and geography of Ukraine.
“Their training doesn’t include combat operations under such conditions and the training that they receive in the Russian Federation certainly isn’t of a high level,” Kiviselg stated.
“We can therefore expect North Korean units will suffer heavy losses in Ukraine and probably more than Russian Federation forces have suffered to date.”
He said that the North Korean soldiers arrived in Kursk Oblast “early October” after undergoing two to four weeks’ training. Kiviselg said that the North Korean soldiers were then redeployed on the “Ukrainian Front” after completing their training.
Kiviselg stated that the arrival of North Korean soldiers in Ukraine will probably take place in phases.
If this additional deployment, training and arrival of (North Koreans) units on the Ukrainian front continue in the long-term, it could bring about some changes.
According to U.S. Intelligence, 8,000 North Korean soldiers have been deployed in Russia’s Kursk Oblast for the war against Ukraine.
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North Korea’s entry in the war comes as Russia’s long-running campaign in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk oblast has gained dramatic momentum in recent days. Analysts claim that Russian forces are advancing faster than they have in the past few months.
Estonian intelligence stated that North Korean soldiers are trained to fight in mountainous terrain and are therefore unfamiliar with the climate and geography of Ukraine.
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