Seoul: About 600 North Korean soldiers who are fighting for Russia against Ukraine were killed and thousands of others injured, Thousands of people announced on Wednesday, April 30, after Pyongyang has officially confirmed the deployment troops to help Moscow.
“Until now, the victims of the North Korean troops have been estimated at around 4,700, including around 600 deaths,” said deputy Lee Seong-Kweun, member of the Parliament Intelligence Committee, to journalists after a briefing of the country's spy agency.
North Korea confirmed for the first time on Monday that it had Troops deployed in RussiaWith the state news agency, KCNA reporting the soldiers of Pyongyang helped Moscow recover the territory under Ukrainian control in the Russian border region of Kursk.
Moscow had confirmed the participation of the North separately, after months of official silence of the two countries, even though Seoul and Washington accused Pyongyang of sending more and more troops and weapons to help.
Some 2,000 soldiers were brought back to North Korea with nuclear arms this year, said Lee, and has now been detained in isolated in Pyongyang and other places across the country.
“It is understood that the bodies of soldiers who have broken down were cremated locally in Kursk before being transported,” he added to the north.
North Korea “supported Kursk's recovery by Russia in deployment of 18,000 soldiers in two phases“Said Lee, adding that the number of clashes in the region had decreased since around March.
Since then, “there have been misconduct reports in North Korean forces, including excessive alcohol consumption and theft,” he said.
