Brutal, "courageous" and relentless: the North Korean troops fighting Ukraine

North KoreaThe soldiers are implacable, almost fanatical, faced with death. They are determined and capable in combat, even in an unknown fight, and their tactics are outdated but brutal.

This is what the West learned while looking Kim Jong-UnThe army in action after the Russian president Vladimir Putin called on the North Korean leader to provide combatants from his war Ukraine.

Pyongyang deployed 11,000 men to Kursk in November disguised as Russian soldiers and carrying false identity documents. These troops are largely special operations forces, which means that they are more ardent in their beliefs and better formed than other units.

Russia pushed the North Koreans head down in bloody assaults. The costs are high, but Kim’s army learns an important lesson in return: how to fight modern war.

This war is the largest military deployment in North Korea to a foreign conflict in almost 80 years of history. Read the continuation to find out what the West learns of this moment, on the basis of public intelligence, observations and interviews of Ukrainians with experts who followed the conflict closely.

The Ukrainian soldiers seated at the top of a reservoir in the Zaporizhzhia region last month. Photo: Reuters

The Ukrainian and South Korean intelligence services said that many troops that have deployed in Russia are among the best in Pyongyang, taken from the 11th Corps, also known as Storm Corps. The unit is formed in infiltration, infrastructure sabotage and assassinations.

Brutal, “courageous” and relentless: the North Korean troops fighting Ukraine

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