INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
North Korean soldiers in Russia were pulled from the front lines in the partially occupied Kursk region after facing heavy losses, the New
York Timesreported Thursday, citing anonymous Ukrainian and U.S
officials.The report comes a week after some Western officials estimated that around 4,000 of the 11,000 North Korean soldiers believed to
have been sent to Russia late last year may have been killed, wounded, captured or gone missing.U.S
officials believe the North Korean soldiers could now be undergoing additional training or that Russia may be exploring ways to deploy them
reportedly been used as foot soldiers, leaving them vulnerable to Ukrainian fire and land mines in the Kursk region.Neither Moscow nor
Pyongyang has officially acknowledged the presence of North Korean forces, which were believed to be assisting Russia in pushing Ukrainian
troops out of the Kursk region
intelligence agencies claim North Korean leader Kim Jong Un proposed deploying troops to support Russia in Kursk, an idea that Russian
with rockets, missiles and millions of artillery shells, which are believed to account for half of the munitions Russia fires daily.Kim
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