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The soldiers sent by Pyongyang in the Russian Kursk region stopped the battle after suffering major casualties, security services in South Korea say.
North Korean troops sent to support Russia's invasion of Ukraine have been drawn from the front lines after suffering major casualties, according to reports.
Approximately 10,000 soldiers to whom Pyongyang is thought to have sent Fighting along with the Russian forces They were absent from the front line for several weeks, South Korea's agency in South Korea said on Tuesday. The report supports claims from Ukraine and US media on the withdrawal of troops, whose arrival sparked fears that the war in Ukraine could escalate.
The National Intelligence Service of South Korea (NIS) told AFP News Agency that the North Korean units have stopped combat operations in the Russian Kursk region from mid -January.
“One of the reasons for this may be many casualties, but the exact details are still observed,” the spy agency said.
Ukrainian military analysis said on Friday that he believed that the North Korean soldiers had been withdrawn back after suffering major losses.
Ukraine previously reported she had captured or killed numerous North Korean parts in Kursk, where it starts a Shock cross -border offensive In August.
President Volodimir Zelenski has published footage of interrogations with what he said were captured prisoners in North Korea.
In mid -January, NIS estimates this around 300 North Korean soldiers were killed And 2,700 soldiers injured in the battle in the region.
The North Korean deployment in Kursk, which neither Pyongyang nor Moscow officially admitted, had to strengthen the army of Russia and help expel the troops of Ukraine. But nearly six months, Ukraine still has significant territories.
Earlier, Seoul said that due to the losses suffered by his powers, Pyongyang was preparing additional implementation.
Kiev and the West condemned the participation of the North Korean troops as a major escalation in the three -year conflict since Russia began a full invasion of their neighbor, during which Pyongyang and Moscow deepened their connections.
Last year, Russian President Vladimir Putin Make a rare visit of the nuclear armed north and signed an agreement with a mutual defense element.
In the New Year's letter, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un welcomed Putin and said that 2025 would be the year “When the Russian Army and People defeat neo -Nazism and achieve a great victory.”
War above
As the fighting on the front line in Kursk and in Eastern Ukraine continues, Moscow and Kiev continue to wage war in the sky, firing drones and rockets in one another.
A Russian rocket launched on Tuesday by Izium, in the eastern Harkiv region in Ukraine, killed four people and wounds 17, according to social media governor.
“According to the initial reports, the occupiers used a ballistic rocket. Four people were killed, ”writes Oleg Sygubov to Telegram, adding that five people were hospitalized.
In an update, he said 20 people were injured at the strike aimed at the city center, located about 40 kilometers (25 miles) from the front lines. Izyum was occupied for several months at the beginning of the war before being seized from Ukraine.
However, Russian forces have received profits in Eastern Ukraine in recent months thanks to the superb number of troops and the supply of weapons.
The Kursk North Korean troops were intended to help maintain this superiority.
What is where
Meanwhile, Ukraine nervously is watching Donald Trump's return to the United States Presidency, fearing that this may lag back in the arms race if it reduces Washington's military support.
Trump, who has been practically lingering to all foreign assistance in the United States, suggested overnight on Tuesday that he wants rare earthly minerals in exchange for maintaining arms supply and other support.
The US president claims that Ukraine is ready to join the stock market, adding that it wants “equalization” from Ukraine for “nearly $ 300 billion” in support.
The Kremlin was quick to jump on the reports, as a spokesman stated that Trump's words illustrate that the United States would no longer provide unconditional support to Kiev.
