Analyst Pasi Paroinen considers it likely that North Korea will send even more troops to the Russian offensive war.
North Korean soldiers have disappeared from the front front of Kursk. Ukrainian military sources, among other things Kyiv Independent and New York Times for the magazines.
According to military sources, Ukrainian troops have not encountered North Korean soldiers in the Kursk area for about two weeks.
Also an analyst from the Black Bird Group from open sources Pasi Paroinen It is likely that the North Korean soldiers have so far been withdrawn from the front.
In his work, Paroinen analyzes the videos filmed on the front. He has not seen the videos in the videos for a while to attack North Koreans.
According to Paroinen, the North Korean approach on the front has often been clearly distinguished from the videos from Russian soldiers. North Koreans have fought and moved differently than the Russians.
– North Korean attacks have been a team or company -strong attacks in a light infantry, where soldiers have attacked a very disciplined and purposefully.
According to Paroinen, the troops have sought to decentralize the infantry and plunge so that one group protects and another group progresses.
– The Russians have not used such tactics for a long time.
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An estimated one thousand north Koreans have died on the front
Paroinen does not consider the pulling of North Korean soldiers out of the front.
The troops have suffered big losses and are now supplemented, maintained and re -trained. North Korean troops drawn from the front are likely to be returned to battles.
– There are a couple of months of intense fighting against strong resistance. At some point, the troops must be supplemented. The completion of supplements does not occur quickly due to long geographical distances.
In total, North Korea has sent a maximum of about 12,000 soldiers to the Russian offensive war. According to Paroinen, dictatorship can send at least the same number of soldiers to Russia.
The question is what Russia gives to North Korea in return.
North Korean tactics have required a lot of victims. A week ago, Western intelligence sources were evaluated by the British Broadcasting Company For BBCthat about a thousand North Koreans have died on the front and possibly wounded 3,000.
The number of fallen soldiers as such is unlikely to matter to the North Korean dictatorship, says Paroinen.
– We easily forget that these administrations do not matter how many soldiers they lose. For them, human lives have nothing but instrumental value.
“North Koreans have tied the Ukrainian special forces”
According to analyst Paroinen, North Korean troops have not made breakthroughs on the Kursk front, but they have committed the Ukrainian soldiers to the area.
He says that, in part, because of North Koreans, Ukraine has had to use special forces soldiers in Kursk, like infantry.
– North Korean troops are likely to be used in three different directions. The troops reached certain terrain sites in all areas. Still, the troops have not had any great and revolutionary meaning in the battles.
North Korean troops were sent to the Kursk front at the end of November or early December.
– Especially on the western site of Kursk’s bulge, the position of the Ukrainians quickly deteriorated. Since then, Ukraine has had to concentrate a lot of quality troops there to combat the attacks of both North Korean and Russian.
Despite the losses, according to Paroinen, North Korean soldiers cannot be underestimated.
– Many times Ukrainian soldiers have said that North Koreans have been professional, extremely motivated and dangerous soldiers.
There are still fierce battles in Kursk. According to Paroinen, Russian troops are distressing Ukrainians in Kursk from almost all directions.