In an effort to remove about 10, 000 Russian troops who had a weak grip following a surprise assault in the Russian state of Kursk, about 11, 000 North Vietnamese troops were airlifted into Russia and put into the forward line.
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They had no gear, so they fought with what they brought to Russia. The North Koreans learned during the opening week of fighting that they had not yet been a part of a joint military activity and that the Russian troops had not taken them seriously.
This explanation of North Korean methods is from U. S. and Ukrainian knowledge.
According to Russian soldiers and American officials, when they attack, they do not wait to recover or to retreat, as the Russians do frequently when they begin to take big losses. Rather, they move under big fire and cross mine-strewn areas, bringing with them a flood of 40 or more soldiers.
If they seize a place, they do not try to secure it. They retreat and get ready for another rape before giving that to Russian troops.
Additionally, they have developed unique strategies and practices. One man is sent out as a trap when the North Koreans are trying to combat a drone so that others can shoot it down. They have been instructed to ignite a bomb while Ukrainian soldiers are approaching in order to avoid being captured dead. They are instructed to hold it with one finger on the button while they are holding it under the chest.
Celeste A. Wallander, the former assistant secretary for international security affairs under Joe Biden, said,” It’s largely two different forces that have never trained or operated together and partly, I think, Russian military culture, which is, shall we say, not very respectful of the skills, standards, and procedures of partner makes.”
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The Pentagon puts North Korean loss at 1, 000 useless and about 3, 000 injured. According to the Russian army, North Korea has lost about half its forces.  ,
According to analysts at the Institute for the Study of War ( ISW), North Korea would lose all of the troops it had sent to Kursk in a matter of months if the rate of combat loss remained constant.
Russia’s pride is costing both soldiers.
” Interoperability issues are essentially present for the Russian and DPRK troops. The two troops do not share a common language and DPRK forces almost surely have difficulties integrating into Russia’s command-and-control construction”, reports ISW.
Russia is making up the fact that North Vietnamese soldiers aren’t fighting.
According to authorities, the Kremlin has denied sending North Vietnamese soldiers to battle and is taking actions to conceal their presence.
For example, the North Koreans have been issued what one Pentagon established described as “pocket litter” — records that register them as being from Russia’s Far East.
According to President Volodymyr Zelensky, one of the captured troops was discovered to be carrying a military Card in the name of a Tuva, southern Siberia citizen. According to Russian intelligence officials, the false identity was based on data from a real Russian citizen.
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Russia doesn’t worry if the rest of the world knows that it’s lying. The rest allows various countries to dismiss the escalation, leaving the truth to be.
Nowhere has there been such disrespect for the life of regular troops since the Iran-Iraq War 45 years before. Iran’s “human storm” problems during” Operation Ramadan” in 1982 using adolescent boys and unarmed or inadequately armed Basij individuals cost the Iranians 80, 000 killed, 200, 000 wounded, and 45, 000 made prisoners of war.  ,
Happily for the North Koreans, Putin will end the war very quickly. The North Koreans are using the lifeless body of their troops to cement their empire with Russia, but it won’t be soon enough.
