The Kursk Cauldron: North Korea’s Trial by Drone in Ukraine’s War
The static crackle of intercepted radio chatter, the stark images of a battlefield in rural Russia – this is not the Korean peninsula. This is Kursk, and the videos and reports trickling out paint a grim picture of North Korean troops, fresh from Pyongyang and thrown into the meat grinder of Russia’s war on Ukraine. While the world’s gaze is often fixated on the advanced drone warfare of the Ukrainian and western allied militaries, this is a stark reminder of the human cost and desperation at play in the Russian Federation’s tactics. Russia’s increased need for boots on the ground to continue their aggression within Ukrainian territory is forcing its hand towards desperate and unusual partnerships; ones which risk North Korea’s gamble at being tested by Ukraine’s experienced warfare and technology. This selection of raw footage, media reports, and expert analysis, offers a disturbing glimpse into this underreported aspect of the conflict, focusing specifically on the use of Ukrainian drones to harass, demoralize and outright kill the North Koreans forces. What do these clashes, specifically involving drone ambushes, mean for the overall war, and the international relations at play? Let’s dive in.
Key Battleground Insights
Drone Ambushes & Inexperienced Troops: Several videos show alleged North Korean soldiers bunched up, exhibiting poor tactical awareness, and failing to respond adequately to the threat of overhead drones, indicating a lack of training and battle experience in this domain of warfighting compared to Russian military forces with nearly 3 years on the frontline in Ukraine. This lack of situational awareness leaves them highly vulnerable to targeted drone strikes as captured by several videos analyzed here.
Heavy Casualties: Reports and videos claim heavy North Korean casualties during several clashes. One clip mentions that North Korean 92nd and 94th special ops brigades sustained considerable losses near the village of Plekhovo after facing a combination of drones, mines and artillery fire; this included an estimated loss of 4% of the entire North Korean military force involved and this coming from a single battle. Forbes’ analysis suggests this could mean roughly 1 in 25 North Korean troops, potentially out of 12,000, were either killed or seriously wounded over a single weekend in this particular sector.
Russia’s Numbers Game: The strategy appears to be the Russian Command exploiting raw numbers, not battle expertise, by relying on the quantity of North Korean troops despite a blatant disregard for troop losses. These tactics suggest desperation and an exploitation of expendable human assets rather than strategic warfare. Russian military officials may be attempting to conserve their own, veteran troops with years of combat experience, while pushing the North Koreans towards more frontline danger. This theory was supported in intercepted radio communication where Russian forces voiced frustration in the leadership regarding their new allies from North Korea in terms of training, command, supplies, ammunition, and tactical skills.
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Ground Taken, But At What Cost?: Despite taking some ground in Kursk as reported in a few of the media videos, the human cost for North Korea in terms of loss of life and injury to soldiers appear substantial for a marginal amount of real-world success. Some of these video examples show the North Koreans attacking on open ground, over minefields, under constant observation of Ukrainian drones, suggesting serious training issues from both Russia and North Korean military leadership; this raises concerns as these training gaps make these forces highly vulnerable to not only drones but a variety of other ambush tactics.
A Costly Collaboration
The integration of North Korean troops into the Russian war effort demonstrates the changing alliances and desperate strategies on both sides. The North Koreans’ obvious shortcomings when facing experienced Ukraine fighting tactics are revealing of the human consequences and in some cases utter incompetence on both Russian and North Korean leadership. These trends are disturbing and have large international geopolitical ramifications. It suggests a continuing escalation and willingness on both Russian and North Korean leadership to use and even sacrifice their own soldiers in order to gain the smallest victory within Ukraine. The use of drone technology as observed in multiple video examples highlight how modern warfare is won and lost on these rapidly moving modern technologies. And, with these facts, the Russian-North Korea axis must face these modern and deadly drone tactics.
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The grim realities depicted in these short videos may be hard to view and process. But each provides valuable intel regarding the evolving conflict and the geopolitical ramifications this has on all global actors. Scroll down and view each of these powerful videos – you are viewing history in motion.
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Ukraine Drones Ambush North Korea Troops in RussiaBusiness Basics1,146,315 views | 34,402 | November 3 2024 23:49:52 (1,027 comments)[ Read more … ]
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Are these North Korean Troops In Kursk? (YouTube Cut)Ryan McBeth247,617 views | 15,148 | November 1 2024 13:37:31 (1,030 comments)[ Read more … ]
A few people suggested this might be from Myanmar. This needs further research to determine the origin of the video.
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A number of people sent me this video clip of what is supposed to be North Korean Troops in Kursk Oblast encountering a drone. The soldiers are bunched up.
While Russia does not “care” about it’s soldiers the same way the west does, their training has improved since 2022. So these may be North Korean soldiers simply because they are bunched up and do not react appropriately to the drone.
If these are North Korean troops, they will learn as survivors become veterans.
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Russian soldiers heard complaining about North Korean soldiers in intercepted audioCNN1,147,952 views | 12,367 | October 25 2024 18:54:55 (3,827 comments)[ Read more … ]
Russian soldiers have been heard raising concerns about how North Korean soldiers will be commanded and provided with ammunition and military kit, leaked intercepts obtained by the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine show. CNN’s former Moscow Bureau Chief Nathan Hodge reports. #CNN #News
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North Korean Army Corps, which was ambushed in Kursk, lost 4% of its troops in one battleKanal1328,492 views | 628 | December 18 2024 01:00:06 (21 comments)[ Read more … ]
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The DPRK military corps , which is fighting against Ukraine side by side with Russian soldiers, could have lost 4% of its numbers in one battle in the Kursk region. Forbes writes about this.
Attacking in three waves across open fields near the village of Plekhovo on Saturday, North Korean infantry was able to dislodge 100 Ukrainian troops who held the village. More than 500 North Korean soldiers from North Korea’s 92nd and 94th separate special operations brigades likely took part in the assault. Ukrainian journalist Andrey Tsaplienko reported that North Korean casualties could account for up to half of all soldiers involved in the attack. The information is being verified.
Videos and reports from the Kursk attacks, involving Russian and North Korean forces, may explain why the North Koreans suffered so many casualties. Apparently, North Korean forces attacked in broad daylight – on foot, marching over mines under the watchful eye of Ukrainian drones. They eventually came under drone and artillery fire.
After Ukrainian forces retreated west and the smoke cleared, trucks carried away what were believed to be hundreds of dead and wounded North Koreans, a significant percentage of the roughly 12,000 North Koreans deployed north of the Kursk Bulge.
“For all their losses at Plekhov, the North Koreans at least gained some ground. The results on the opposite side of the salient may be less encouraging for Pyongyang’s army, which is fighting its first major war in decades. The Ukrainian 17th Heavy Mechanized Brigade, which holds the line on the western edge of the salient, said it “inflicted significant losses on the enemy,” possibly including North Koreans. It appears the brigade has not given up much ground,” the author writes
The head of the Center for Countering Disinformation, Andrey Kovalenko, noted that the mass attacks by North Korean infantry are part of the Russian command’s plan. According to him, the Russians are “betting on numbers.”
“It’s unclear how long North Korea’s 11th Army Corps can sustain its attrition strategy. The corps may have buried or sent to the hospital one out of every 25 soldiers under its command over the past weekend alone,” the publication concludes.
Recall, The DPRK military, transferred to the Russian Federation to participate in the war against Ukraine, are already being involved in assaults on the territory of the Kursk region of the Russian Federation. According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, during December 14 and 15, 2024, in the areas of the villages of Plekhovo, Vorozhba, Martynovka in the Kursk region of the aggressor state of Russia, units of the DPRK army lost at least 30 soldiers killed and wounded.
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🔴 Ukraine War Update – Ukrainian Machine Gunner Ambushes Russian Soldiers During Urban CombatWarLeaks – Military Blog327,342 views | 9,022 | November 24 2024 14:00:02 (563 comments)[ Read more … ]
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In this Ukraine war update we once again take a look at recent developments on the frontlines of the Ukraine war including a Ukrainian Storm Shadow strike that hit a high ranking North Korean General in Kursk, helmet cam footage of a Ukrainian SAW machine gunner ambushing Russian soldiers during urban fighting in Toresk, an really stunning Leopard 2 tank battle inwhich a single Ukrainian Leopard 2A4 tank takes on and ambushes an entire Russian tank column, we discuss Bidens recent decision to allow Ukraine long range strikes in to Russia and Russias response to it so far by launching a nucler capable missile at Ukraine and much more.
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