**North Korean Forces Routed in Deadly Ukrainian Trap**
January 3, 2025 – North Korean forces have been dealt a major blow in their efforts to advance on Kruglenkoe, Ukraine. Despite previous failures, they had hoped to gain a foothold in the area by exploiting narrow forest corridors.
However, the Ukrainians were ready for them. Employing automatic grenade launchers and drones, they targeted the North Koreans’ exposed formations in the forests, annihilating many of their troops before they could even reach Kruglenkoe.
**Deadly Forest Trap**
The North Koreans had attempted to use the forest’s narrow corridors to outmaneuver Ukrainian defenses. However, this tactic backfired as Ukrainian fighters unleashed a barrage of precision fire and drone strikes on the tightly packed North Korean forces.
Ukrainian forces used British-supplied Mark 17 automatic grenade launchers to deliver devastating fire on North Korean positions across open fields. They also deployed hexacopters equipped with multiple thermobaric grenades, which relentlessly bombarded the North Koreans, causing severe casualties among their densely packed troops.
**Disastrous Losses**
The result of the Ukrainian campaign of precision strikes was disastrous for the North Koreans. Only a handful of them survived, and all survivors were left wounded among dozens of other fighters that were killed.
Ukrainian forces reported that precision bombing of North Korean soldiers is simpler and less challenging than even targets during their training. Artillerymen and drone operators know exactly which part of the forests to strike to maximize North Korean losses.
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