The DPRK is preparing to send a new batch of soldiers to Russia - New York Times

According to the newspaper, the DPRK soldiers move under high fire through fields lit by mines, and 40 or more soldiers send one wave of storming. If they capture the position, they do not try to strengthen it. They leave it with Russian reinforcements, and they retreat and prepare for the next assault. They also produced unique tactics and habits. During the fight against the drone, the North Koreans send one soldier as a bait so others can knock it down.

In the case of serious injuries, they were ordered to undermine the grenade, so as not to be captured alive. The North Koreans, sent to Russia, essentially act as a separate combat force, but differ in language, preparation and military culture, writes the publication with reference to the stories of the Ukrainian military.

"These are partly two different armies that have never studied or acted together, and partly, I think, Russian military culture, which, say, does not respect the abilities, norms and operations The Pentagon Secretary of the International Security Secret. According to her, the North Koreans are mostly special operations trained for surgical shock missions, but the Russians mainly used them as infantrymen.

Last fall, North Korea sent about 12,000 soldiers to the help of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the Kursk region. It is already known about 4000 soldiers who lost the DPRK in the war against Ukraine. According to one high -ranking US defense official, reinforcement of North Korea soldiers is expected "over the next two months". With 1.

2 million military personnel, the North Korean army is among the largest permanent armies of the world, and its entry into the war was a deep escalation of the war, which is now approaching the fourth year. Even before she sent troops to Russia, North Korea was a major supporter of Russia's military efforts.

According to representatives of Western and Ukrainian intelligence, she sent millions of artillery shells to Moscow, which now make up about half of Russian ammunition produced daily and more than 100 small -range ballistic missiles. According to Ukrainian military intelligence, about 500 officers and at least three generals were part of the North Korean troops, which transferred to Ukraine.

According to US defense representatives, the generals are located in the Russian command headquarters, and it is where the goals are defined there. The capture of prisoners was a difficult task, as the North Koreans learned not to seem alive, Ukrainian soldiers say, and Russian drone operators are constantly watching it.

"If the Russians see the seizure of Koreans, they use drones to get them - killing both Koreans and our soldiers," said the fighter of defense forces Alexei, adding that some brothers from his brigade have recently died. The Ukrainian military stated that the North Koreans cannot be underestimated. "They are checked, they are really checked," the drone commander Andrew said. According to him, they did not have combat experience, but "now they are here, they get it and become very strong.