North Koreans' Kursk Return: "Keep Coming Like Cockroaches, Taking Huge Losses"

The decimated North Korean troops on the Kursk front were pulled back almost a month ago for reorganization and reinforcement after suffering annihilating casualties which constituted between one third to one half of those deployed. Their losses - and the tactics which caused them - had even begun to be viewed by their Russian allies as detrimental to the overall Kremlin strategy. 

But then the Ukrainians launched yet another surprise offensive and with too few Russian forces to stop them, depleted North Korean units were sent back to the fight. The problem is that whatever they learned apparently changed little in their approach to modern warfare. The result is that the Ukrainian forces tasked with fending them off describe them as 'coming like cockroaches. Still taking huge losses." Not a ringing endorsement of their skills. JL

Valentyna Romanenko reports in Ukraine Pravda:

On the Kursk front, Russian forces made significant efforts to prevent Ukrainian forces from advancing a few days ago but were unsuccessful. This came despite the redeployment of North Korean troops to the battlefield. "They've (the North Koreans) changed their tactics a tad. They're moving in smaller groups. Instead of up to 50 people, they’re now coming in 15-20 strong. But the approach is the same. They keep coming at our positions like cockroaches. They gather somewhere in the forested areas and try to break through. Nothing’s really changed, and they’re still taking huge losses."

Russian and North Korean forces are relentlessly trying to storm the Ukrainian position on the Kursk front, disregarding enormous losses.

Source: Army Inform, a Ukrainian military news outlet, citing Stanislav Krasnov, a platoon commander of the 95th Air Assault Brigade, on the national joint 24/7 newscast

Details: Krasnov reported that Russian forces had made significant efforts to prevent Ukrainian defence forces from advancing a few days ago but were ultimately unsuccessful. This came despite the redeployment of North Korean troops to the battlefield.

Quote: "They've changed their tactics a tad. They're moving in smaller groups now. Instead of up to 50 people, they’re now coming in 15-20 strong. But the approach is the same. They keep coming at our positions like cockroaches. They gather somewhere in the forested areas and try to break through. Nothing’s really changed, and they’re still taking huge losses."