DPRK troops in Ukraine: how many brigades in Pyongyan and whether they can participate in the war - analysts

According to experts, in the DPRK the armed forces make up 1. 28 million people. This number of units is due to the fact that the DPRK's armed forces in the world and only 200 thousand are inferior to the current official staffing of the Russian army. South Korean Defense Minister Kim John Hen said during the hearing in parliament that the DPRK would probably send his regular troops to Ukraine to support the Russian Federation.

Moreover, the North Korean military in the role of "advisers" is already present in the occupied territories of Ukraine. They even suffered losses. About it writes Defense Express. It is noted that according to unofficial data, six officers from the DPRK were liquidated as a result of a high -precision strike, as well as 14 more Russian. At the same time, the statement of referral of the DPRK to Ukraine in Seoul was associated with the action of a military contract with the Russian Federation.

However, according to analysts, no new details from South Korea have come, and such a statement was not even the central theme of the report. At the same time, the scenario, according to which the DPRK, in addition to the direct operation of its military-industrial complex with the supply of millions of artillery shells and dozens of ballistic missiles, will also direct troops to Ukraine. Analysts noted that in the DPRK the armed forces are 1. 28 million. Of these, 1. 1 million are land troops.

According to experts, the North Korea army consists of 1 armored division, 15 separate armored vehicles, 6 mechanized and 27 infantry divisions, as well as 14 infantry brigades. There are 1 more artillery division, 21 artillery brigade, 9 rocket-artillery brigades. The material states that these forces should be added to the elite troops of the DPRK, which are reduced to special purpose.

These are 3 airborne brigades and one separate battalion, 10 sniper brigades, 9 light infantry brigades, 17 separate reconnaissance battalions, as well as 8 separate battalions of special purpose of the Main Intelligence Management. The publication writes that the DPRK's Armed Forces Naval forces in numbers of 60 thousand people, air forces for 110 thousand people, as well as strategic missile troops in the number of up to 10 thousand people.

Analysts noted that all these estimates were approximate and made by the London International Institute for Strategic Studies. According to experts, such a number of units is due to the fact that the Armed Forces of the DPRK in the number 5 in the world and only 200 thousand are inferior to the current official staffing of the army of the Russian Federation. It is reported that the army in the DPRK is conscription. The conscript service lasts 10 years for men, 5 for women.

At the same time, according to analysts, much of the DPRK's armed forces are used not for defense tasks, but in agriculture, industry and construction. Moreover, the real number of combat units may be even smaller, although it does not matter in the paradigm of "cannon meat". However, as it is in the material, it is unclear how many personnel can allocate Pyongyang for the Russian Federation. Usually, the so -called "expeditionary corps" is formed for this task.