Russian paramilitary soldiers were mistakenly targeted and killed. North Korean soldiers According to Ukrainian officials, in a recent exchange of friendly fire.
In a statement published on Saturday, Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence Agency (DIU) detailed how Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) troops have recently assisted Russian troops in Kursk Oblast, which is currently occupied by Ukrainian forces. Ukrainian officials estimate that about 11,000 DPRK personnel are stationed in Russia.
“The aggressor state of Russia has begun using DPRK troops in offensive operations in the Kursk region, in particular, as part of joint units of marines and aircraft of the Russian Armed Forces,” the statement said. On”.
The DIU added that “as a result of the successful fire attack by the security and defense forces of Ukraine, the North Korean troops suffered sanitary and irreversible losses.” “In particular, at one position in the Kursk region, the DPRK military was effectively targeted by FPV drones.”
The DIU noted that, in a recent incident, a language barrier between Russian and North Korean troops ultimately led to the death of eight soldiers from the Akhmat Special Forces unit, a paramilitary group in Chechnya.
“When using DPRK troops on the battlefield, the language barrier remains a problem for controlling and coordinating operations,” the statement said.
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Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov (L) meets with his North Korean counterpart No Kwang Chol (R) on November 29, 2024 in Pyongyang, North Korea. (RUS Ministry of Defense/Vadim Savitsky/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)
“Due to this problem, North Korean soldiers fired ‘friendly fire’ at the vehicles of the so-called Akhmet Battalion,” the DIU added. “As a result, they killed eight Kadyrovite soldiers.”
This latest development in the Russo-Ukrainian war comes as the Russian army continues. Depressing Ukraine’s power grid, Taking advantage of the frozen conditions to destroy the country’s largest energy company.
In this photo taken on October 18, 2023, North Korean soldiers wave their national flags as they greet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov after he lands at Pyongyang airport. (KIM WON JIN/AFP via Getty Images)
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In one of the largest-ever attacks on Ukraine’s power grid, Russian forces fired nearly 100 missiles on Friday, including cruise missiles and 200 drones. According to the Kyiv Independent.
Caitlin McFall of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.