- According to Budanov, fresh soldiers from North Korea will strengthen Russian capabilities to conduct fire in both the Kursk region and on the front in Ukraine.
- — They have many specified systems," he added. As he noted, most of these weapons are presently being utilized against Ukrainian troops or for training purposes in Russia
- Budanow admitted he had no good opinion of North Korean soldiers. “They are like biological robots,” he said
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Artillery is utilized both during operations involving North Korean and Russian soldiers, while ballistic missiles are intended exclusively for Russians,” he informed Budanow in an interview with the WarZone portal. The chief of military intelligence added that North Koreans would train Russian troops from handling these missiles.
According to Budanov, fresh soldiers from North Korea will strengthen Russian capabilities to conduct fire in both the Kursk region and on the front in Ukraine.
North Korea has supplied Russia over the past 3 months with about 120 self-propelled artillery guns M-1978 Koksan and 120 multi-guided M-1991 rocket systems and likely to send at least the same in the future, reported HUR chief.
— They have many specified systems," he added. As he noted, most of these weapons are presently being utilized against Ukrainian troops or for training purposes in Russia.
In addition to the Pjongjang artillery launchers, another 150 short-range KN-23 ballistic missiles were to be handed to the Russians in 2025, reported Budanow, adding that the Russian army received 148 specified missiles last year. According to HUR's chief, North Korean soldiers usage these missiles in Kursk and Brian circuits in Russia, as well as train Russian military from their service.
Budanow admitted he had no good opinion of North Korean soldiers. “They are like biological robots,” he said.
Another North Korean support for the Russians
About 1 3rd of the 12 1000 North Korean soldiers sent to the Kursk region have already died. The fight can proceed about 8,000 of them,” Budanov revealed. These figures are consistent with the information provided on Tuesday by the president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenski at the planet economical Forum in Swiss Davos.
— We are inactive in the Kursk region, the Russian forces have failed to displace us. More than 60,000 Russian soldiers are deployed in this area. In addition, there were 12,000 North Korean soldiers, of whom 4,000 died,” said Zelenski in a Tuesday speech.
According to the South Korean authorities, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent more than 10,000 troops to aid Russia in the war against Ukraine in exchange for Russian technological support for arms programs.
On January 6, then U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed during a visit to Seoul that at least a 1000 North Korean soldiers, participating in the war against Ukraine on the side of Russia, were killed or injured.
