{"id":1078684,"date":"2025-01-17T16:03:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T14:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1078684"},"modified":"2025-01-17T13:07:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T11:07:49","slug":"dprk-s-military-contingent-in-kursk-region-may-be-destroyed-by-mid-april-isw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/dprk-s-military-contingent-in-kursk-region-may-be-destroyed-by-mid-april-isw\/","title":{"rendered":"DPRK&#8217;s military contingent in Kursk region may be destroyed by mid-April &#8211; ISW"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The entire North Korean contingent (approximately 12,000 troops) currently stationed in the Kursk region (Russia) may be killed or wounded in combat by mid-April 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to U<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukrinform.net\/rubric-ato\/3949526-dprks-military-contingent-in-kursk-region-may-be-destroyed-by-midapril-isw.html\">krinform<\/a>, this is stated in a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/4441111047003508\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a>\u00a0by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe entire North Korean contingent of roughly 12,000 personnel currently in Kursk Oblast may be killed or wounded in action by mid-April 2025 should North Korean forces continue to suffer from their current high loss rate in the future,\u201d analysts said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is noted that on November 5, 2024, Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said that North Korean forces had participated in \u201csmall-scale\u201d clashes in the Kursk region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Already in early January, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that 3,800\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukrinform.ua\/tag-kndr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">North Korean<\/a>\u00a0troops had been killed or wounded in the Kursk region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, North Korea has likely suffered approximately 92 casualties per day since the start of significant hostilities in early December 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If, as reported, North Korea has deployed approximately 12,000 North Korean troops to the Kursk region, then this entire North Korean contingent could be killed or wounded in about 12 weeks (mid-April 2025) if the rate of casualties in North Korean forces continues at a similarly high level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, South Korea&#8217;s National Intelligence Service said that 300 North Koreans have been killed in action and 2,700 wounded in the Kursk region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As reported by Ukrinform, the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukrinform.ua\/rubric-world\/3949132-vijskovi-z-pivnicnoi-korei-vizmut-ucast-u-travnevomu-paradi-v-moskvi-zmi.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&nbsp;military from North Korea will take part in the May 9 parade<\/a>&nbsp;in Moscow for the first time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The entire North Korean contingent (approximately 12,000 troops) currently stationed in the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,36415],"tags":[78],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1078684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en","tag-homepage-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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