A Ukrainian brigade says North Korean troops “disappear” in their area as Pyongyang troops are quiet

• A Ukrainian brigade said it hadn’t seen North Koreans in a while in part of the Kursk Front.

• After weeks of fierce fighting, North Korea suddenly reduced its presence in the war.

• But it is not clear what Pyongyang is planning after the conflict reports have occurred.

A Ukrainian brigade in the Kursk region said it would no longer encounter North Korean troops recently because there are still problems with the front plans for Pyongyang.

Petro Gaidashchuk, senior communications officer for the 80th Air Assault Brigade, told NV Radio NV that although North Korean troops are still reporting elsewhere on the battlefield, they have “disappeared” from the frontline of his brigade.

“If we look at January, the front is full of North Koreans, especially in the area of ​​responsibility for the Galician brigade,” Ukrainian said in an interview held on Monday. The 80th is sometimes called Galician brigade.

“As of now, the reports about their existence are partly correct,” Gajhahuk said of the North Koreans. “We have not observed them at our forefront. Other brigades interacted with them a few days ago. To So far, they have disappeared.”

Gaisha Chuk said his brigade theory that the losses caused by North Korean soldiers may have been withdrawn.

“They quit, we don’t know why,” he said.

The same goes for other reports last month: North Korean troops have become relatively quiet since late January after weeks of attempting to attack Ukrainian positions across Kursk.

A spokesman for the Ukrainian Special Forces told local media at the time that his branch had not seen North Korean soldiers for several weeks, saying the Russian Allied forces were “forced to evacuate.” The New York Times quoted Ukrainian and U.S. officials as saying similar observations were reported the previous day, writing that Pyongyang’s troops were “off the front line.”

South Korea’s National Intelligence Agency also said in early February that North Korean troops had withdrawn from the battle.

Western intelligence estimates that at the end of last year, about 11,000 North Korean soldiers were sent to Ukraine to fight Ukraine, and about 4,000 soldiers have been injured or killed since then.

The British Ministry of Defense said the losses could lead to temporary withdrawal of North Korean troops and “rest and refit before redeployment”.

But Pyongyang’s existence in Kursk does not seem to have completely disappeared.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on February 7 that North Korean troops have returned to the frontline in a “new attack” in Kursk, although it is unclear to what extent.

Ukrainian intelligence director Kyrylo Budanov talked to Warzone in late January, and he also said that North Koreans have greatly reduced their measures in Kursk, but warned against putting them in Deemed not in the view.

“We have to wait a little while to see if there is any real change, or it’s just a few days of activity lower,” Budanov said.

He objected to the report that North Korean troops had completely withdrawn.

Zelenskyy’s voice is better than Pyongyang

The uncertainty about North Korea’s next move is as the strengthening of Pyongyang and Moscow links the imposition of international sanctions on the economy.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has sent troops, weapons and ammunition to Russia, and Western intelligence reports say he is receiving financial aid, technical expertise and food from Russia for exchange.

North Korea’s dispatch of troops to Kursk has sparked Western concerns that the Russian invasion is attracting direct participation from other states. But it is not yet clear whether Pyongyang’s intervention will escalate like fear or retreat.

Recently, Zelenskyy spoke successfully in a fight against North Korean forces in Ukraine on Saturday.

“We have completely destroyed the North Korean troops that Putin had to bring in because his troops are not enough to stop our counterattack,” he said in a speech at the Munich Security Conference.

However, he also warned that when it comes to Pyongyang.

“There is no doubt that the North Koreans are not weak,” he said. “They are learning how to fight, how to fight against modern warfare.”

Russia’s Ministry of Defense did not respond to a request for comment sent by business insiders outside of regular business hours.

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