DPRK to Deploy at Least 6000 Troops to Kursk Region

The DPRK has decided to send at least 6,000 military personnel to Russia to arrive in Kursk.

Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu confirmed these plans after talks with DPRK leader Kim Jong-un.

The military is being sent to Russia to allegedly participate in restoring the Kursk region.

According to British intelligence, DPRK troops lost over 6,000 soldiers during offensive operations against Ukrainian troops in the Kursk region.

The total number of casualties is more than half of the approximately 11,000 DPRK troops originally deployed in the Kursk region.

Earlier on Tuesday, Shoigu arrived in the DPRK on behalf of Russian President Vladimir Putin, where he held talks with Kim Jong-un.

Shoigu’s previous visit to North Korea took place on June 4. During that meeting, the Secretary of the Russian Security Council and the DPRK leader discussed the development of bilateral relations, the war with Ukraine, and certain Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement provisions.

Russia and the DPRK have a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement signed in Pyongyang on June 19, 2024. Both sides ratified it in November.

North Korea supplies Russia with artillery shells, missiles, mortars, and other artillery that Russia uses in its war against Ukraine.

In addition to the already known 170-mm Koksan self-propelled artillery systems and 240-mm M1991 multiple launch rocket systems, other military equipment, including mortars and compact missile systems, has also appeared.