North Korean troops suffered losses for the first time during hostilities in the Kursk Oblast of the aggressor country of russia.
This was stated by Pentagon spokesman Major General Pat Ryder, Reuters agency writes on Monday, December 16.
The spokesman noted that the North Korean military first entered into battle together with russian troops in the Kursk Oblast against Ukrainian soldiers. According to him, Washington has indications that the North Korean troops suffered losses in killed and wounded.
"We assess that North Korean soldiers participated in hostilities in Kursk... we have indications that they suffered losses, both killed and wounded," Ryder said.
The Pentagon spokesman also said that he did not have details on the number of casualties among the North Korean military, but added that they entered hostilities last week.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on December 16, the Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine stated that units of the North Korean army suffered significant losses in the Kursk Oblast.
On December 2, the representative of the Defense Intelligence Andrii Cherniak stated that about two thousand servicemen of the North Korean army are already in the combat units of the russian occupation army.
On November 22, the head of the Center for Countering Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Andrii Kovalenko reported that the aggressor state of russia has transferred part of the North Korean military to the border areas of the Belgorod Oblast.
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