About 8,000 North Korean soldiers at Ukraine border, says US
About 8,000 North Korean soldiers at Ukraine border, says US
Antony Blinken warns that Russia is preparing to deploy the troops into combat ‘in the coming days’
About 8,000 North Korean soldiers are stationed in Russia on the border with Ukraine, the US secretary of state has said, warning that Moscow is preparing to deploy those troops into combat “in the coming days”.
Antony Blinken said the US believed that North Korea had sent 10,000 troops to Russia in total, deploying them first to training bases in the far east before sending the vast majority to the Kursk region on the border with Ukraine.
Blinken told a press conference that the North Korean troops had received Russian training in “artillery, UAVs [unmanned aerial vehicles], basic infantry operations, including trench clearing, indicating that they fully intend to use these forces in frontline operations”.
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Thursday, October 31st: About 8,000 North Korean soldiers at Ukraine border, says US
Friday, November 1st: About 7,000 North Korean soldiers at Ukraine border, says US
Saturday November 2nd: About 6,000 North Korean soldiers at Ukraine border, says US
Etc.
Due to a high death rate, or defection rate?
Iirc the Russian casualty rate was supposedly on the order of 1000 a day recently, so probably implying the former.
The numbers put out by Ukraine have been 1000+ consistently for quite a while now.
Average over the past few months is probably 1,400/day
Yes.
Either/Or