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Inexperienced North Korean troops suffer heavy casualties in battles with Ukrainian forces

A couple hundred North Korean troops fighting alongside Russian forces against Ukraine have been killed or wounded during battle in the Kursk border region, a senior military official recently confirmed. The official did not provide details on exactly how many have been killed, but said the North Korean forces did not appear to be battle-hardened, which contributed to the number of casualties they had suffered. The official provided the first significant estimate of North Korean casualties, which comes several weeks after Ukraine announced that North Korea had sent 10,000 to 12,000 troops to Russia to help it in the...

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