British intelligence officers noted that now, in total, North Korea has deployed about 11 thousand of its military in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation. Of these, more than 6 thousand suffered losses in offensive military operations against Ukrainian troops.
“Significant losses from the DPRK were almost certainly associated mainly with the large -scale attacks of infantrymen, which led to a significant exhaustion,” the reconnaissance report said.
Given the recent meeting of the ex-Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Sergei Shoigu and the DPRK leader Kim Jong In, who had already become the second in less than three months, British analysts suggested that it was Shoigu who was the main interlocutor with the DPRK to support Pyongyan illegal invasion of Moscow.
As of mid -June, operations of the North Korean military are limited only to the Kursk region of the Russian Federation. If Rosarmiya wants to attract them into battles in the international recognized, sovereign territory of Ukraine, this will require approval of both the illegitimate President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and the leader of the DPRK.
Context
Back in 2022, when Russian invaders invaded Ukraine full -scale, the DPRK began to supply the Russian Federation weapons. In 2024, Moscow and Pyongyang signed an agreement providing for mutual military assistance in case of aggression. Since October 2024, North Korean troops have been participating in the war against Ukraine on the side of the Russian Federation. According to the Ukrainian side, 12 thousand military arrived from the DPRK, at the beginning of the year 3.8 thousand of them were killed or wounded.
The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov, said that during 2025 Pyongyang plans to transfer to Moscow at least 150 KN-23 ballistic missiles, as well as artillery shells, howitzers and MLRS.
Reuters sources in Ukrainian intelligence said that without The help of the DPRK of the Russian Federation would not be able to wage war against Ukraine as actively as it is now.
