Officials who agreed to speak on the conditions of anonymity said that of about 11,000 servicemen who had transferred to Russia, the combat losses were 4,000 killed, wounded, missing or captured. It is also reported that out of 4000 people, 1000 died by mid -January. If the information is confirmed, it will be irreparable losses for North Korea. There is no information where the wounded is treated and when and in what amount they are planned to be replaced.
But these figures indicate extremely high expenses that the Kremlin ally is the head of the DPRK State Council Kim Jong -in. The North Korean troops were reported that from the "elite" unit "assault corps" were probably thrown into battle after relatively small training. "These are barely trained troops under the command of Russian officers who they do not understand," explained the former commander of the British Army tank regiment Colonel Hamish de Bretton-Gordon.
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