“Six thousand North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded in the war with Ukraine”, - writes the Telegram channel “ASTRA” citing South Korea’s Yonhap.
It is noted that 11,000 North Korean troops currently remain in russia. They are stationed in russia’s frontline regions. 10,000 are regular forces, and another thousand are engineering units.
About 1,100 troops returned to the DPRK in December but may be redeployed to russia, the agency reports, citing South Korean intelligence data.