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

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 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.