World war fears rise as North Korean troops gain experience in Ukraine war

by IrishStarUS

30 comments
  1. It’ll take a lot more than that from NK to be a formidable threat

  2. Dying and failing. Is not a valuable experience.

  3. None of these NK troops will be allowed back to NK after seeing “the outside world”. They’re all meant to die there. No knowledge will be gained.

  4. Not much of value learned there though…. If they fought with Ukraine I would say yes, but they fight with russia

  5. > North Korean forces are reportedly deploying large assault groups to combat operations despite frequent Ukrainian drone strikes, which is likely contributing to North Korea’s high casualty rates and will likely affect the lessons that the North Korean military command will learn from fighting in the war. The Washington Post reported on January 11 that North Koreans fighting in Kursk Oblast are attacking in large groups with support from Russian artillery and drones, unlike Russian forces who usually move in smaller groups.[3] North Korean soldiers are also reportedly ignoring Ukrainian drones and continuing to move forward despite drone strikes on personnel. The Washington Post reported that Russian forces are following behind North Korean advances in order to “stabilize the gains,” but a Ukrainian solider operating in Kursk Oblast reported that communications issues between Russian and North Korean forces may be slowing Russian efforts to consolidate new positions. The Ukrainian soldier stated that North Korean forces launched an assault consisting of 400 to 500 personnel in December 2024, during which North Korean forces outnumbered Ukrainian forces six-to-one. Ammunition shortages reportedly forced the Ukrainian forces to withdraw after eight hours of fighting — suggesting that North Korean forces are heavily relying on a superior number of personnel to advance despite poor tactics. The solider stated that Ukrainian forces had inflicted significant losses on Russia’s 810th Naval Infantry Brigade (Black Sea Fleet [BSF], Southern Military District [SMD]), possibly pushing the Russian military command to deploy North Korean forces to Kursk Oblast sooner than planned. Western officials have recently noted that North Korean forces are suffering high casualties, including at least one instance of roughly 1,000 casualties in Kursk Oblast in only one week in late December 2024.[4] Zelensky reported on January 5 that 3,800 North Korean personnel have been killed or wounded in Kursk Oblast — roughly a third of the reported 12,000 total North Korean personnel in Kursk Oblast — and stated that North Korean forces lost up to a battalion of infantry near Makhnovka, Kursk Oblast on January 3 and 4 alone.[5] ISW continues to assess that North Korea’s ability to learn and integrate lessons from fighting alongside Russian forces will likely be significantly degraded if the Russian military command uses North Korean troops in highly attritional infantry-led assaults in similar or greater sizes than it conducts with most Russian personnel.[6] North Korean forces’ inability or refusal to learn to effectively counter drones will also affect the lessons they can learn from the war.

    -ISWs latest update

  6. I fear my local crackhead a hell of a lot more, than NK troops in Ukraine from combat footage alone

  7. North Korea is no match for these Hostess Fruit Pies! 

  8. This is such a crap article lol. World war fears aren’t rising because of North Korea.

  9. The experience they’ve gained, apart from how to find porn on the internet,

    is mainly bad experience or death.

    The dead don’t share their experience.

    .

  10. Sgt what are we learning today?

    1. It’s very cold
    2. How to get hit by a drone
    3. How to get so cold you don’t mind the cold anymore

  11. Rising world war fears have literacy nothing to do with NK but the rhetoric from all the major super powers.

  12. Shame they don’t live long enough to actually take the experience home. Veteran retention is not something NK or regular russian units have and doesn’t generally fit the human wave doctrine.

  13. From what I’ve seen the only experience they’re getting is how to die in large numbers

  14. Most of that experience consists of getting shot or blown up. Not exactly formidable fighting skills.

  15. They just figure out hot dogs, I think we’re ok for a few years.

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