3,800 North Korean soldiers killed and wounded in Russia's war against Ukraine
North Korean soldiers (photo: Getty Images)
Recently, DPRK soldiers began fighting on the side of Russia against Ukraine. Already, 3,800 of them have been killed or wounded, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an interview with American podcaster Lex Fridman.
"North Korea. Just look at this example, 12 thousand has arrived. Today 3,800 killed or wounded. They can bring more, 30-40 thousand, or maybe 500. They can bring many people. Why? Because they have order, autocracy and everything", Zelenskyy said.
At the same time, Zelenskyy believes that Europe will be able to assemble an army of two or three million people. He emphasized that today the largest army in Europe is the Ukrainian army, which has 980,000 soldiers. The second place is held by France, which has about 200 thousand people in its army.
"There is no such purpose as gathering everyone. We do not want any war. We want to stop the Russians. And they invite... North Korean soldiers. Invited. Their faces are burned. They themselves burn their faces. Those who cannot escape, injured or killed," the President said.
Yesterday in his evening speech, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that over the past two days, North Korean troops had lost up to a battalion of soldiers in the Kursk region. These losses occurred near the village of Makhnovka.
