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[Video] Russian Korean language chiobu teacher sent to Kursk to help North Korean troops integrate with Russian military, but kena gang raped by them
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One Russian Marine Brigade Has Probably Been Destroyed In Kursk—And Another Badly Damaged
The 810th Naval Infantry Brigade is redeploying for a badly needed period of rest and reset.Follow
Updated Dec 29, 2024, 07:50pm EST
Four months after racing to Kursk Oblast in western Russia to meet the surprise Ukrainian invasion of that border region, the Russian navy’s battered 810th Naval Infantry Brigade is finally calling it quits—at least for a little while.
The 2,500-person brigade, one of at least two major marine units supporting Russia’s counteroffensive in Kursk, is reportedly heading from the western edge of the 250-square-mile salient to the quieter eastern edge and setting up camp in Plekhove, a village a short distance from the front line that the Ukrainians gave up in mid-December amid a costly but relentless assault by the North Korean 11th Army Corps.
“The guys from the 810th Brigade can have a smoke break, think about the eternal, collect their thoughts and prepare for future battles,” one Russian blogger mused, stressing that the redeployment to Plekhove is a temporary rotation off the front line.
It’s not a retreat, the blogger insisted. Russia’s naval infantry brigades “are the main striking fist in the liberation of the Kursk region, steel brigades, but even they need a rest.”
But it’s hard to argue that the 810th Naval Infantry Brigade and its sister unit in the Kursk counteroffensive, the 155th Naval Infantry Brigade, aren’t worn out after months of mostly failed assaults on the western edge of the salient. The 155th Naval Infantry Brigade has probably already been destroyed and rebuilt many times—and is currently undergoing its latest replenishment after reportedly losing many of its people and much of its equipment to Ukrainian mines, drones and artillery.
The 810th Naval Infantry Brigade could be in an equally dire state. The brigade may have assigned two of its 400-person battalions to a costly attack on the Ukrainian garrison in Pogrebki, in the no-man’s-land on the northwestern edge of the salient, starting in November. “It looks like last month’s two-battalion-sized assault breakthrough went nowhere and was eliminated,” noted Moklasen, an open-source intelligence analyst who closely followed the Pogrebki battle.
Adding insult to injury, the Ukrainians targeted the 810th Naval Infantry Brigade right before the purported rotation off the front line. A Christmas Day bombardment of a headquarters in the city of Lgov, just outside the Ukrainian-held salient, may have killed or wounded members of the brigade’s command staff—an attack the blogger claimed had nothing to do with the decision to pull the brigade off the front line.
A few days or weeks in Plekhove might not be terribly relaxing for the survivors of the 810th Naval Infantry Brigade’s first four months in Kursk. The village is well within range of Ukrainian forces’ heavy weapons. “Plekhove, frankly speaking, is a dubious place for rest,” the blogger admitted.
That the Kremlin must now rotate at least some of its exhausted units off the Kursk front line is indicative of the slow pace and high cost of the Russian counteroffensive in the oblast. Even with a 60,000-to-20,000 manpower advantage and the help of a 12,000-strong North Korean corps, the Russians have succeeded in recapturing just a quarter of the salient. “This is quite pathetic,” mused Joni Askola, a Finnish analyst.
It’s unclear how many Russians have died or been injured in Kursk since the Ukrainians invaded in early August. It’s a bit more clear how many North Koreans have been killed and wounded. According to Ukrainian Pres. Volodymyr Zelensky, the North Korean 11th Army Corps has lost a quarter of its troops since launching its first assaults two weeks ago.
As both the Russian and North Korean armies use the same infantry-first tactics, there’s a good chance the Russians have also suffered a 25-percent casualty rate. One of the lead units for the Kursk counteroffensive, the 810th Naval Infantry Brigade’s losses might be even higher.
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Ukraine has lost...the war is over
At least 50 members of the 155th mechanised brigade disappeared while elements of the unit were being drilled in France
02 January 2025 1:41pm GMT
About 1,700 soldiers from a Ukrainian unit equipped by the West and trained in France went AWOL before firing a shot.
At least 50 members of the new 155th mechanised brigade, one of the few to operate the Leopard 2 battle tank, disappeared while elements of the unit were being drilled in France.
By the time it entered battle for the first time, at least 1,700 of its troops went absent without leave at numerous points. Some 500 soldiers were still missing, it was reported as recently as November.
The exodus came before the brigade was deployed to Pokrovsk, the key logistics hub anchoring Ukraine’s defence against Russian advances in the eastern Donetsk region.
The Anne of Kyiv brigade had spent nine months training in western Ukraine, Poland and France
Entering the battle in recent days, it suffered heavy losses, reportedly including some of its tanks and armoured vehicles.
It prompted the Ukrainian State Bureau of Investigations to investigate the seemingly shambolic formation of the 155th.
The brigade, also known as Anne of Kyiv, was meant to have more than 5,800 troops and be equipped with some of the best equipment available, including Leopard tanks and French Caesar 155mm howitzers.
Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s president, and Emmanuel Macron, his French counterpart, announced the $900 billion (£747 billion) project to much fanfare at an event to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landing in June last year.
Volodymyr Zelensky and Emmanuel Macron announced the $900 billion joint military project last June Credit: Ludovic MARIN/AFP
The brigade had spent nine months training in western Ukraine, Poland and France as part of an effort by Mr Zelensky to establish 14 new brigades equipped and prepared by the West.
Yuriy Butusov, a Ukrainian war correspondent, wrote: “This is indeed a crime, but the crime of not soldiers and officers – but the crime of the leaders of the supreme commander-in-chief, the Ministry of Defence and the general staff, who continue to waste their lives and public funds on new projects, instead of strengthening experienced and combat-capable brigades.”
Analysts observing the conflict have questioned Kyiv’s strategy of using new recruits and equipment donations to build novice brigades rather than replenish the country’s existing, battle-stricken forces.
In a report on the formation of the 155th, Mr Butusov observed that it had been riddled with problems from the offset.
Recruitment for the brigade began in June last year but was hampered by some 2,500 recruits being plucked to replenish other units before training could begin.
The 1,924 volunteers that remained were sent to France, but it emerged that only 51 of them had military experience of more than a year.
The majority (1,414) had only enrolled in the Ukrainian military in the two months before they were sent for their overseas training.
The brigade was equipped with some of the best equipment including Leopard tanks Credit: Fabian Bimmer/Getty Images
As the brigade trained in France, it continued to recruit, with more than 700 of those troops fleeing while remaining on Ukrainian territory between October and November.
When the 155th was eventually deployed to Pokrovsk, it was not given any drones – the main method of battlefield reconnaissance – and electronic warfare jammers by the state.
Serhii Sternenko, a Ukrainian social media influencer and military fundraiser, said he had recently sent kit to the brigade in the absence of government supplies.
The brigade only received cash from Kyiv for drones 10 days after entering the fight.
“As a result, the brand-new Leopard 2A4 tanks and VAB armoured vehicles suffered losses during the first attempts to use them on the front from enemy drones,” Mr Butusov wrote.
Colonel Dmytro Ryumshin was sacked as the brigade’s commander within days of it being sent to the front line.
Bohdan Krotevych, the chief of staff of Ukraine’s Azov Brigade, said: “Can it be idiocy to create new brigades and equip them with such equipment, having incomplete existing ones?”
Mr Butusov added: “The brigade’s servicemen became hostages of Zelensky’s PR project, which the authorities made no effort to actually implement competently.”
The brigade has since been effectively disbanded, with its elements spread assigned to battle-hardened brigades already defending Pokrovsk.
Flagship Ukrainian brigade trained in France goes AWOL
Mass desertion is a ‘crime’ of officials not troops, critics say, after 1,700 troops go missing
02 January 2025 1:41pm GMT
About 1,700 soldiers from a Ukrainian unit equipped by the West and trained in France went AWOL before firing a shot.
At least 50 members of the new 155th mechanised brigade, one of the few to operate the Leopard 2 battle tank, disappeared while elements of the unit were being drilled in France.
By the time it entered battle for the first time, at least 1,700 of its troops went absent without leave at numerous points. Some 500 soldiers were still missing, it was reported as recently as November.
The exodus came before the brigade was deployed to Pokrovsk, the key logistics hub anchoring Ukraine’s defence against Russian advances in the eastern Donetsk region.
Entering the battle in recent days, it suffered heavy losses, reportedly including some of its tanks and armoured vehicles.
It prompted the Ukrainian State Bureau of Investigations to investigate the seemingly shambolic formation of the 155th.
The brigade, also known as Anne of Kyiv, was meant to have more than 5,800 troops and be equipped with some of the best equipment available, including Leopard tanks and French Caesar 155mm howitzers.
Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s president, and Emmanuel Macron, his French counterpart, announced the $900 billion (£747 billion) project to much fanfare at an event to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landing in June last year.
The brigade had spent nine months training in western Ukraine, Poland and France as part of an effort by Mr Zelensky to establish 14 new brigades equipped and prepared by the West.
Yuriy Butusov, a Ukrainian war correspondent, wrote: “This is indeed a crime, but the crime of not soldiers and officers – but the crime of the leaders of the supreme commander-in-chief, the Ministry of Defence and the general staff, who continue to waste their lives and public funds on new projects, instead of strengthening experienced and combat-capable brigades.”
Analysts observing the conflict have questioned Kyiv’s strategy of using new recruits and equipment donations to build novice brigades rather than replenish the country’s existing, battle-stricken forces.
In a report on the formation of the 155th, Mr Butusov observed that it had been riddled with problems from the offset.
Recruitment for the brigade began in June last year but was hampered by some 2,500 recruits being plucked to replenish other units before training could begin.
The 1,924 volunteers that remained were sent to France, but it emerged that only 51 of them had military experience of more than a year.
The majority (1,414) had only enrolled in the Ukrainian military in the two months before they were sent for their overseas training.
As the brigade trained in France, it continued to recruit, with more than 700 of those troops fleeing while remaining on Ukrainian territory between October and November.
When the 155th was eventually deployed to Pokrovsk, it was not given any drones – the main method of battlefield reconnaissance – and electronic warfare jammers by the state.
Serhii Sternenko, a Ukrainian social media influencer and military fundraiser, said he had recently sent kit to the brigade in the absence of government supplies.
The brigade only received cash from Kyiv for drones 10 days after entering the fight.
“As a result, the brand-new Leopard 2A4 tanks and VAB armoured vehicles suffered losses during the first attempts to use them on the front from enemy drones,” Mr Butusov wrote.
Colonel Dmytro Ryumshin was sacked as the brigade’s commander within days of it being sent to the front line.
Bohdan Krotevych, the chief of staff of Ukraine’s Azov Brigade, said: “Can it be idiocy to create new brigades and equip them with such equipment, having incomplete existing ones?”
Mr Butusov added: “The brigade’s servicemen became hostages of Zelensky’s PR project, which the authorities made no effort to actually implement competently.”
The brigade has since been effectively disbanded, with its elements spread assigned to battle-hardened brigades already defending Pokrovsk.
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Ukraine captures first North Korean soldiers, Zelenskyy claims
Zelenskyy stands next to two burly soldiers in combat gear, all looking up to something above them
Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukrainian soldiers have captured two North Korean soldiers fighting for Russia. (Reuters: Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout)
In short:
The Ukrainian president has claimed that two North Korean soldiers have been captured by Ukraine's military in Russia's Kursk region.
An estimated 11,000 North Korean troops have deployed to Kursk to aid the Russian military in its war against Ukraine.
What's next?
Mr Zelenskyy said the soldiers were being medically cared for and media would be given access to them to "know the truth about what is happening".
Volodymyr Zelenskiy has claimed that two North Korean soldiers have been taken prisoner for the first time by Ukraine's military in Russia's Kursk region.
"Two soldiers, though wounded, survived and were transported to Kyiv, where they are now communicating with the Security Service of Ukraine," the Ukrainian president wrote on X.
"This was not an easy task: Russian forces and other North Korean military personnel usually execute their wounded to erase any evidence of North Korea's involvement in the war against Ukraine."
Mr Zelensky had said in late December that Ukraine had captured several seriously wounded North Korean soldiers who later died.
North Korean soldiers were first deployed to Russia in October to support Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, with around 11,000 troops present, according to Ukrainian and Western analysts.
The Ukrainian president said the prisoners were receiving medical care in lines with the rules of warfare governed by the Geneva Conventions.
He added that journalists would be given access to the prisoners by Ukraine's security forces.
"The world needs to know the truth about what is happening," he said.
Mr Zelenskyy included photos of two wounded men with Asian features in bunk beds, but did not provide evidence that they were North Korean soldiers.
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga wrote on X that the "first North Korean prisoners of war are now in Kyiv", calling them "regular DPRK troops, not mercenaries".
"We need maximum pressure against regimes in Moscow and Pyongyang," he said.
In December, Australian Oscar Jenkins was confirmed to be a prisoner of war held by Russia after joining the Ukrainian military as a volunteer to combat Russia's invasion of the country in February 2022.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said at the time that the Australian government was making representations to Russia to attempt to secure Mr Jenkins's release.
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Zelenskyy stands next to two burly soldiers in combat gear, all looking up to something above them
Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukrainian soldiers have captured two North Korean soldiers fighting for Russia. (Reuters: Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout)
In short:
The Ukrainian president has claimed that two North Korean soldiers have been captured by Ukraine's military in Russia's Kursk region.
An estimated 11,000 North Korean troops have deployed to Kursk to aid the Russian military in its war against Ukraine.
What's next?
Mr Zelenskyy said the soldiers were being medically cared for and media would be given access to them to "know the truth about what is happening".
Volodymyr Zelenskiy has claimed that two North Korean soldiers have been taken prisoner for the first time by Ukraine's military in Russia's Kursk region.
"Two soldiers, though wounded, survived and were transported to Kyiv, where they are now communicating with the Security Service of Ukraine," the Ukrainian president wrote on X.
"This was not an easy task: Russian forces and other North Korean military personnel usually execute their wounded to erase any evidence of North Korea's involvement in the war against Ukraine."
Mr Zelensky had said in late December that Ukraine had captured several seriously wounded North Korean soldiers who later died.
North Korean soldiers were first deployed to Russia in October to support Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, with around 11,000 troops present, according to Ukrainian and Western analysts.
The Ukrainian president said the prisoners were receiving medical care in lines with the rules of warfare governed by the Geneva Conventions.
He added that journalists would be given access to the prisoners by Ukraine's security forces.
"The world needs to know the truth about what is happening," he said.
Mr Zelenskyy included photos of two wounded men with Asian features in bunk beds, but did not provide evidence that they were North Korean soldiers.
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga wrote on X that the "first North Korean prisoners of war are now in Kyiv", calling them "regular DPRK troops, not mercenaries".
"We need maximum pressure against regimes in Moscow and Pyongyang," he said.
In December, Australian Oscar Jenkins was confirmed to be a prisoner of war held by Russia after joining the Ukrainian military as a volunteer to combat Russia's invasion of the country in February 2022.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said at the time that the Australian government was making representations to Russia to attempt to secure Mr Jenkins's release.
ABC/AFP
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'Irrefutable evidence of North Korea's involvement' — Ukraine says it captured 2 North Korean POWs in Kursk Oblast
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January 11, 2025 4:42 PM
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A photo apparently capturing a North Korean prisoner of war (POW). (President Volodymyr Zelensky/Telegram)
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Ukrainian troops captured two North Korean soldiers as prisoners of war (POWs) in Russia's Kursk Oblast, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Jan. 11.
"This task was not easy," he said in a Telegram post.
"Usually, Russia and other North Korean military personnel finish off their wounded and do everything possible to ensure that no evidence of the participation of another state — North Korea — in the war against Ukraine is preserved."
The two wounded soldiers received necessary medical care and are in the custody of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) in Kyiv, according to Zelensky. The president applauded Ukrainian paratroopers and soldiers from the Special Operation Forces for capturing the North Koreans.
North Korea deployed around 12,000 soldiers in Kursk Oblast, where Ukraine launched a surprise cross-border incursion in August 2024 to bring the war to Russia, a senior Ukrainian official familiar with the intelligence told the Kyiv Independent in December 2024.
A North Korean POW captured by Ukrainian forces during hostilities in Russia's Kursk Oblast. Photo published on Jan. 11, 2025. (President Volodymyr Zelensky/Telegram)
Zelensky's statement comes nearly two weeks after the South Korean National Intelligence Service (NIS) said that Ukrainian troops had captured a wounded North Korean soldier in late December who died soon of his wounds.
"We confirmed through a friendly nation's intelligence organization that a North Korean soldier, captured alive on Dec. 26, died a short while ago as (his) wounds worsened," the NIS said on Dec. 27, as cited by South Korean Yonhap News Agency.
Applauding the "irrefutable evidence" of North Korean soldiers' participation in the Russian war against Ukraine, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said on Jan. 11 that the POWs are being questioned with the help of Korean translators and South Korean intelligence.
As Russia cuts Transnistria from gas, stranded locals search for someone to blame
One of the North Korean POWs said he was born in 2005 and was a rifleman who had been going through military service in North Korea since 2021, according to the SBU.
"It is noteworthy that the prisoner, like the Russian military at the beginning of the full-scale invasion, emphasizes that he was supposedly going for training and not for a war against Ukraine," the SBU said in its Telegram post.
The other POW was born in 1999 and has served in the North Korean army since 2016 as a sniper reconnaissance officer, the SBU said, citing its preliminary data.
The first POW was issued with an ID document under the name of another person from Russia's Tuva Republic, while the second one had no documents at all.
The Special Operation Forces shared a video purporting to show the capture of the North Korean soldiers in Kursk Oblast by operatives of the Tactical Group 84.
"After evacuating them from the battlefield, the Special Operation Forces operatives provided first aid to the North Korean captives," the statement read.
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A video that purports to show Ukrainian special forces capturing North Korean troops in Kursk Oblast, Russia. Footage published on Jan. 11, 2025. (Special Operations Forces/Telegram)
Western nations condemned the two authoritarian states' deepening cooperation, with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin calling it a clear sign of Moscow's growing desperation on Jan. 9.
The first small-scale combat clashes between Ukrainian and North Korean troops happened in November 2024, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said. Then, in December, President Volodymyr Zelensky said that a "significant number" of North Korean soldiers had begun participating in assault operations in Kursk Oblast.
North Korean troops have thus far suffered over 1,000 casualties since December, though other estimates are much higher, Austin said on Jan. 9. Zelensky placed the number of North Korean casualties as high as 4,000, but the figures cannot be independently verified.
Only limited videos of the North Korean soldiers appeared online, making it difficult to draw conclusions about their combat abilities.
North Korean troops in Kursk Oblast boost Russia’s manpower, despite vulnerabilities
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January 11, 2025 4:42 PM
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A photo apparently capturing a North Korean prisoner of war (POW). (President Volodymyr Zelensky/Telegram)
This audio is created with AI assistance
Ukrainian troops captured two North Korean soldiers as prisoners of war (POWs) in Russia's Kursk Oblast, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Jan. 11.
"This task was not easy," he said in a Telegram post.
"Usually, Russia and other North Korean military personnel finish off their wounded and do everything possible to ensure that no evidence of the participation of another state — North Korea — in the war against Ukraine is preserved."
The two wounded soldiers received necessary medical care and are in the custody of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) in Kyiv, according to Zelensky. The president applauded Ukrainian paratroopers and soldiers from the Special Operation Forces for capturing the North Koreans.
North Korea deployed around 12,000 soldiers in Kursk Oblast, where Ukraine launched a surprise cross-border incursion in August 2024 to bring the war to Russia, a senior Ukrainian official familiar with the intelligence told the Kyiv Independent in December 2024.
A North Korean POW captured by Ukrainian forces during hostilities in Russia's Kursk Oblast. Photo published on Jan. 11, 2025. (President Volodymyr Zelensky/Telegram)
Zelensky's statement comes nearly two weeks after the South Korean National Intelligence Service (NIS) said that Ukrainian troops had captured a wounded North Korean soldier in late December who died soon of his wounds.
"We confirmed through a friendly nation's intelligence organization that a North Korean soldier, captured alive on Dec. 26, died a short while ago as (his) wounds worsened," the NIS said on Dec. 27, as cited by South Korean Yonhap News Agency.
Applauding the "irrefutable evidence" of North Korean soldiers' participation in the Russian war against Ukraine, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said on Jan. 11 that the POWs are being questioned with the help of Korean translators and South Korean intelligence.
As Russia cuts Transnistria from gas, stranded locals search for someone to blame
One of the North Korean POWs said he was born in 2005 and was a rifleman who had been going through military service in North Korea since 2021, according to the SBU.
"It is noteworthy that the prisoner, like the Russian military at the beginning of the full-scale invasion, emphasizes that he was supposedly going for training and not for a war against Ukraine," the SBU said in its Telegram post.
The other POW was born in 1999 and has served in the North Korean army since 2016 as a sniper reconnaissance officer, the SBU said, citing its preliminary data.
The first POW was issued with an ID document under the name of another person from Russia's Tuva Republic, while the second one had no documents at all.
The Special Operation Forces shared a video purporting to show the capture of the North Korean soldiers in Kursk Oblast by operatives of the Tactical Group 84.
"After evacuating them from the battlefield, the Special Operation Forces operatives provided first aid to the North Korean captives," the statement read.
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A video that purports to show Ukrainian special forces capturing North Korean troops in Kursk Oblast, Russia. Footage published on Jan. 11, 2025. (Special Operations Forces/Telegram)
Western nations condemned the two authoritarian states' deepening cooperation, with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin calling it a clear sign of Moscow's growing desperation on Jan. 9.
The first small-scale combat clashes between Ukrainian and North Korean troops happened in November 2024, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said. Then, in December, President Volodymyr Zelensky said that a "significant number" of North Korean soldiers had begun participating in assault operations in Kursk Oblast.
North Korean troops have thus far suffered over 1,000 casualties since December, though other estimates are much higher, Austin said on Jan. 9. Zelensky placed the number of North Korean casualties as high as 4,000, but the figures cannot be independently verified.
Only limited videos of the North Korean soldiers appeared online, making it difficult to draw conclusions about their combat abilities.
North Korean troops in Kursk Oblast boost Russia’s manpower, despite vulnerabilities
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