Summary
Ukraine’s military intelligence (GUR) reports that North Korean troops supporting Russia in the Kursk region are facing heavy casualties, logistical issues, and water shortages due to Ukrainian strikes.
Ukraine estimates 3,000 North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded out of the 10,000-12,000 deployed by Pyongyang.
Meanwhile, Russia continues its drone and missile strikes on Ukraine, with recent attacks targeting power infrastructure and civilian areas.
President Putin threatened further use of the Oreshnik hypersonic missile, while Ukraine retaliates with strategic strikes on Russian military infrastructure.
To be fair the Russians were treating their own people as if they were disposable. I’d say I don’t know what the North Koreans were expecting. Probably not much of anything because they are so poorly informed on things that don’t pertain to supporting the regime. It’s bad enough here in the west. Over there it’s a much worse.
Military is probably the only social lift in their society, so they could’ve wanted to butter the odds of them and their family getting higher in hierarchy by gambling on what they didn’t know.