The DPRK lost 2,000 military in the war against Ukraine: how many will be sent to the third party - Yonhap
NIS reported that Pyongyang plans to send about 6,000 soldiers to Russia within the third party. At the same time, about 1,000 combat engineers have already arrived in the Russian Federation. It is specified that individual units of the DPRK have already been placed in the "rear of the front as a reserve forces". The media reminded that preliminary intelligence data were an order of magnitude different from the digits of the DPRK loss, announced in the summer of 2025.
It turned out that the number of northern Korea soldiers dead was updated after contact with foreign colleagues and a "comprehensive review". "North Korea reported that she lost about 350 soldiers during the first and second rounds of troops deployment, while NIS reported at least 600 deaths at a briefing for the Parliamentary Intelligence Committee in April," representatives of Pak Son and Lee Kwan, representatives of Intelligence, told journalists.
Yonhap summed up that from October 2024, North Korea sent about 13,000 servicemen to participate in the war against Ukraine, and also assists the Russian Federation with weapons and ammunition. On July 28, the external intelligence service reported that the DPRK had transferred about 6. 5 million artillery shells of 122, 130, 152 and 170 mm, mines of 82, 120 mm, 140 mm and hundreds of artillery systems, RSSL and mortars.