More than 1,000 North Korean troopers have been killed or wounded combating alongside Russian troops within the Ukraine battle, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff stated on Monday.
The new determine follows a report by Seoul’s spy company to lawmakers final week, which stated a minimum of 100 North Korean troopers had been killed since coming into fight in December.
“Through varied sources of data and intelligence, we assess that North Korean troops who’ve not too long ago engaged in fight with Ukrainian forces have suffered round 1,100 casualties,” the South Korean navy stated in an announcement.
“We are notably serious about the potential for further deployments” of North Korean troopers to help Russia’s battle effort, it added. Pyongyang is reportedly “making ready for the rotation or further deployment of troopers.”
According to the South Korean navy, intelligence means that Pyongyang is “producing and offering self-destructible drones” to Russia to help Moscow in its struggle in opposition to Ukraine. The North has additionally equipped “240mm rocket launchers and 170mm self-propelled artillery,” South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff stated.
Seoul’s navy famous that North Korea was aiming to modernize its standard warfare capabilities primarily based on fight expertise within the Russia-Ukraine battle.
“This might result in a rise within the North’s navy menace towards us,” it stated.
The newest findings align with a report by the National Intelligence Service, which knowledgeable lawmakers that “Russia would possibly provide reciprocal advantages” for North Korea’s navy contributions, together with “modernizing North Korea’s standard weaponry.”
Pyongyang has despatched 1000’s of troops to bolster the Russian navy, in keeping with Western governments, together with to the Kursk border area the place Ukrainian forces seized territory earlier this yr.
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