“North Korea may deploy more troops.”
(Kiu = AP/Newsis) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the casualties of North Korean troops on the Russian side deployed in the Ukraine war were 3,800. The photo shows President Zelensky in Kiu, the Ukrainian capital, on December 9 last year (local time). Remarks during a meeting with Friedrich Merz, leader of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU). 2025.1.6
(Seoul = Newsis) Reporter Choi Hyun-ho = Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the casualties of North Korean troops on the Russian side in the war in Ukraine were 3,800.
According to RBC Ukraine and Kiev Independent on the 5th (local time), President Zelenskyy said in an interview with American podcaster Rex Friedman released that day, “12,000 (North Korean troops) have arrived, and 3,800 have been killed or injured as of today.” .
“They (North Korea) can bring in 30,000 to 40,000 or 500,000 more troops,” he said, adding that this is because they have a dictatorship and a command system.
The day before, he said that the North Korean army had lost up to one battalion of troops in the Kursk region over the past two days.
On December 27 last year, White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby stated that the North Korean military is using tampering tactics against the Ukrainian military in the Kursk region, but it is not particularly effective and many casualties are occurring. Kirby also said that North Korean soldiers are choosing to commit suicide when they are forced to surrender to Ukrainian forces.
In his interview with Friedman, President Zelensky also mentioned that Europe would be able to gather 2 to 3 million troops to fight Russia. He explained that currently the largest army in Europe is the Ukrainian army with 980,000 troops, and the second place is France with about 200,000 troops.
Ukrainian and Russian troops are rushing to secure as much territory as possible before US President-elect Donald Trump takes office on the 20th. President-elect Trump has pledged to end the war within 24 hours through peace negotiations after taking office.
It is known that the Ukrainian army has lost more than 40% of the territory it secured when it advanced into the Kursk region in early August of last year.
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