US expert estimates NK casualty rate in Russia’s war against Ukraine at up to 50%

Us Expert Estimates Nk Casualty Rate In Russia's War Against Ukraine At Up To 50%

Seth Jones, president of the Defense and Security Department at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), speaks during a CSIS podcast, in this photo captured from a CSIS YouTube account, Feb. 4. Yonhap

Seth Jones, president of the Protection and Safety Division on the Heart for Strategic and Worldwide Research (CSIS), speaks throughout a CSIS podcast, on this picture captured from a CSIS YouTube account, Feb. 4. Yonhap

A U.S. knowledgeable stated Tuesday that as much as 50 p.c of North Korean troops, who have been deployed to help Russia in its struggle in opposition to Ukraine, may be injured or killed on the battlefield, as Moscow is conducting „attrition“ warfare that includes „heavy casualties.“

Seth Jones, president of the Protection and Safety Division on the Heart for Strategic and Worldwide Research (CSIS), made the remarks amid stories that North Korea has suffered substantial troop casualties after deploying round 12,000 North Korean troops to Russia’s front-line Kursk area.

„The casualty charges have been important. By most accounts, we have been in a position to check out someplace between a 3rd and possibly on the actual high-end, perhaps 50 p.c casualties among the many North Korean forces,“ Jones stated throughout a CSIS podcast.

„Once more, exhausting to know precisely what actuality is … with as many as 1,000 killed. … These are fairly staggering casualties for a pressure of 11 (or) 12,000,“ he added.

Jones stated that Russia is waging „attrition“ warfare operations that use human waves in pursuit of progress on the battlefield.

„Their method of retaking territory is to conduct attrition warfare and to take casualties and to just accept these casualties,“ he stated.

That’s the method Russia has utilized North Korean forces, he stated, noting that from Russian President Vladimir Putin’s perspective, political prices usually are not sturdy given that almost all Russian troops despatched to the battlefields usually are not from elite households.

„A lot of his standard pressure of people (are) from Siberia, Central Asia, from jail models, not the sons of elites from St. Petersburg or Moscow,“ he stated.

Citing conversations with Ukrainian forces, Jones stated that North Korea troopers, deployed to Russia, have been „fierce fighters“ who have been prepared to „battle and die,“ however considerably disorganized.

„The cohesion between North Korean and Russian forces, together with command and management, was apparently poor. There have been language obstacles,“ he stated.

This week, South Korea’s Nationwide Intelligence Service confirmed a report from The New York Instances that North Korean troopers deployed to Russia have been pulled from the entrance traces in mid-January because of heavy casualties. (Yonhap)

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