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Ukrainian brigade says he had not seen the North Koreans for a period of time on its side in Corsak.
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North Korea suddenly reduced its presence in the war after weeks of intense fighting.
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But it is not clear that Pyongyang is planning after conflicting reports of withdrawal.
The Ukrainian brigade in the Corsak region said that he no longer faced North Korean forces, as questions about Pyongyang’s plans to the war front remain.
Petro Gaidashchuk, chief communications officer in the 80th air attack brigade, said, said Petro Gaidashchuk, Senior Communications Officer of the 80th air attack brigade, said. NV radio While the North Korean forces are still reported elsewhere in the battlefield, they “disappeared” from the part of its brigade from the front.
“If we look at January, the front is saturated with the North Koreans, especially in the field of the responsibility of the Al -Ghalibi Brigade,” said Jaddashukouk in Ukrainian during the interview published on Monday. Sometimes it is indicated as the Galician Brigade.
“Until now, their existence reports are partially correct,” said Gaishchuk of the North Koreans. “We did not notice them in our part of the forehead. Other brigades interacted with them a few days ago. So far, they disappeared.”
Jaishchuk said that theoretically brigade that the North Korean soldiers had withdrawn due to heavy losses.
“They withdrew, we don’t know the reason,” he said.
Other reports said last month the same thing: After weeks of trying this The storm of Ukrainian positions Via Kork, North Korea’s forces have grown relatively calm since late January.
A spokesman for the Special Forces in Ukraine I told local media While its branch did not see North Korean soldiers for weeks, saying that the Russian allied forces “were forced to withdraw.” New York TimesQuoted from Ukrainian and American officials, they reported similar notes the previous day, as they wrote that Pyongyang’s forces “were removed from the confrontation line.”
The National Agency in South Korea said in early February that the North Korean forces had been withdrawn from the fighting.
Western intelligence is estimated at 11,000 North Korean soldiers It was sent to fight Ukraine late last year and that about 4000 had been injured or killed since then.
the The Ministry of Defense in the United Kingdom He probably said that the losses caused the North Korean forces temporarily withdrawing and “rest and renewal before re -publication.”
But it seems that the presence of Pyongyang in Corsak has completely disappeared.
Ukrainian President Folodimir Zellinski said on February 7 North Korea forces He returned to the front lines in the “new attacks” in Kursk, although it is unclear to any extent.
Talk to Groan In late January, the head of intelligence in Ukraine, Kirilo Bodanov, said that the North Koreans greatly reduced their presence in Kursk, but they warned against their refusal to be out of the picture.
“We have to wait some time to see if there are any real changes or if these are just less activities for a few days,” said Budanov.
In question about the reports that North Korea forces had completely withdrawn.
Zelenskyy Voices is a victory over Pyongyang
The uncertainty about the next step for North Korea comes as Pyongyang and Moscow strengthens their defensive relations with the weather International sanctions I was imposed on their economies.
North Korea leader, Kim Jong On Jong UThe forces, weapons and ammunition sent to Russia, with the anniversary of Western intelligence, that it is receiving financial assistance, technological experience, and food from Russia.
North Korea has sparked the sending of the forces to Kursk’s concerns in the West that the invasion of Russia was drawing direct participation in other states. But it is not clear now whether the intervention of Pyongyang will escalate as it was deceitful or receded.
Recently, Zelenskyy spoke on Saturday about Ukraine’s fight against North Korea.
“We have completely destroyed the North Korean units that Putin had to bring because his special forces were not enough for our counter -attack to decline,” he said. letter At the Munich Security Conference.
However, he also warned of self -consent when it comes to Pyongyang.
“Do not make mistakes – the North Koreans are not weak,” he said. “they Learn how to fight Now, how to fight modern war. “
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