First Battle: The DPRK's troops tried to break the defense of the Armed Forces near Kursk - NYT

About it writes the newspaper The New York Times, citing two anonymous interlocutors from higher political circles from the USA and Ukraine. According to the interlocutors, the North Korean troops entered the battle against the Ukrainian forces, which operated in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation.

The source from the Ukrainian political circles reported that the participation of the DPRK troops was limited and probably "aimed to check the Ukrainian line [defense] for the presence of weaknesses", and the North Korean soldiers were fighting with the Russian 810th Separate Brigade of the Russian Infantry Armed Forces. Journalists write that it is unknown now when a fighting occurred.

The interlocutor from Kiev did not report any details about the loss, but the US official said that "a considerable number of North Korean was killed. " The media points out that although most of the North Korean troops have not yet participated in hostilities, the Western and Ukrainian officials called their appearance on the battlefield "large escalation" after more than two years of a full -scale invasion of the Russian Federation.

The source in the Ukrainian political circles notes that much of the rest of the forces can come into battle in the coming days. The official added that North Korea troops are divided into two units - one consists of paratroopers and the other of the support troops that will organize the protection of the territory conquered in the Ukrainian forces. "In Ukraine and among its allies, there is a discussion on the military importance of the North Korean troops.

Some officials have called their recruitment by the act of despair by the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, whose forces continue to seize territories in eastern Ukraine, but suffer enormous casualties," journalists write and add. that other officials are convinced that the decision to deploy troops aimed to "weaken the determination of the West" and to show that Russia is not in isolation.

The media emphasizes that North Korean troops can also allow Russia to "direct most of their forces" on offensive actions in the territory of Ukraine, in particular in the Donbass, where Russian troops try to seize as much territory as possible before the winter. We will remind, on November 3 the edition of The Korea Herald reported that the DPRK wants to receive from the Russian Federation in exchange for sent soldiers.