North Korea has suffered 4,700 casualties, including 600 deaths, in the conflict in Ukraine, South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers at a briefing on April 30.
The briefing came two days after North Korea confirmed, for the first time, on April 28 that it had sent combat troops to the Kursk region, which Russia says it has fully recaptured after an incursion by Ukrainian forces in 2024.
The South Korean National Intelligence Service (NIS) gave a secret briefing on the issue to a parliamentary committee, and Lee Seong Kweun, one of the lawmakers who attended the meeting, later told reporters what had been said.
Lee, who represents the conservative People’s Power Party, said the NIS officials said 2,000 injured soldiers had been sent back to North Korea by air or train between January and March….
600 North Korean Troops Killed in Ukraine, South Korean Lawmaker Says
