Russia does not advertise the participation of the North Korean military in the fighting in the Kursk region to hide the lack of personnel in its own army. This is reported by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), according to UNN.
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American analysts pointed out that the Pentagon confirmed on December 16 that North Korean soldiers were killed in combat operations against Ukraine in the Kursk region.
At the same time, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the Russian military is trying to hide the presence of DPRK soldiers, forbidding them to show their faces during training in Russia and "disguising" them as Buryats.
ISW stated that Russian officials and propagandists do not recognize the presence of North Korean forces in Russia or their participation in the fighting in the Kursk region.
The Kremlin will continue to avoid reports of North Korean deployments in the Kursk region, as this would confirm that Russia needs foreign troops to reclaim its own territory and refute Vladimir Putin's claims that the Ukrainian invasion of the Kursk region has led to an increase in the number of people willing to join the Russian army,
“Russians burn the faces of killed DPRK soldiers to hide losses” - Zelenskyy17.12.24, 01:08