In December 2023, I met a retired South Korean army general. The main subject of the discussion was the cooperation of defence industries of our countries, but I took advantage of the occasion and asked, among others, to measure the capabilities of Kim Jong Un's troops. “They are numerous,” I said. “Yes,” I heard. "But a soldier from the North is not capable of long-term effort," my interviewer assured me. It's hard not to admit it, it's even harder to depreciate the value of North Korean military.
A fewer years ago, the planet was shaken by the doctor's relation with South Korea, who spoke about the wellness of a North soldier, a fugitive. “In my 20-year career as a surgeon, I saw something like this only in a textbook,” said the doctor during a press conference. And he showed photos of the vermin extracted from the damaged gastrointestinal defector. 1 of the parasites was 27 cm long.
North Korea has been struggling with hunger waves for over 30 years. People eat bark from trees, there are cases of cannibalism. At the same time, the money of the rulers swells, they swell themselves; much to compose about it, the situation in the “kingdom of the Kims” is simply a subject for a separate text. For this reason, it is adequate to conclude that the wellness condition of North Koreans is fatal, which is besides crucial for the armed forces. Uniform is simply a warrant of a somewhat better diet (and a fewer another privileges), but in principle, a North Korean soldier is not a specimen of health.
Is it possible to make decent quality, another than disposable meat? – I wondered last October, when the North Korean contingent entered the Kurdish circuit. After 3 months of active action, we know that we do not – at least under the conditions that Russian command created for North Koreans. During this time, the 11,000-pound contingent sent by Kim Jong Un shrunk by over 40%. – he fell and nearly 5 1000 military wounded. erstwhile adopting criteria in the Western armies, the Korean unit should be regarded as broken. A fewer days ago, it was reported that the Asians had been withdrawn from the Kurd district. The head of Ukrainian military intelligence Gen. Kyrylo Budanow denied these reports – according to his cognition Kim's subordinates are inactive “at the theatre”, although they do not actually carry out intense combat activities. Most likely, they ‘kill the wounds’ and are waiting to be completed.
The Koreans decimated drones they had never dealt with before. Above all, however, the Russians are liable for the advanced losses – they were throwing allies to further storms without artillery and aviation support, ba, without the participation of tanks and combat vehicles. individual might say, "but the Russians attack like that too." It is true, however, that the Russian "meat storms" – the worst ones – are carried out utilizing motorcycles and converted civilian vehicles. The attackers so stay somewhat more mobile, harder to handle for drone operators, artillery observers and at the end of shooters on the another side. Meanwhile, the Koreans went into combat on their own feet, bleeding to death on nobody's land before they could make usage of small-caliber handguns and mortars.
So yes, ‘meat’ – may be physically weak, but with highly strong motivation. due to the fact that even the unsuccessful Korean assaults did not break down – they ended with physical disintegration of the attackers, not retreat.
Let us decision on – reports of captured Koreans began to appear in November. The problem is that the Ukrainians were incapable to prove that they had actually captured the prisoners. It shortly became clear why – as in this war, GoPro camera and cameras installed on drones proved helpful. Up until now, there have been at least 3 videos of the last moments of North Korean soldiers trapped by the enemy. Asians chose suicide, even seriously injured people refused to aid themselves. On the Korean scale, there should be at least tens of prisoners, while Ukrainians were able to capture only 2 of Kim's surviving soldiers.
Fanatism? Yeah, but there's something else. Koreans are young (aged 18–19), poorly trained, undernourished and fighting in their war. But they are besides being blackmailed, for their families stay in their homeland. Which members will go against the wall or death camps if the “volunteer” sent to Russia fails to trust “the most beloved leader”.
These are the rules of this game. And it's unusual that the Russians can't usage it. Give the Koreans dense equipment and appropriate support. With their motivation – much higher than the Russian soldiers – this would mean problem for Ukrainians...
