North Koreans have ‘lost more than 6,000 casualties' in Russia

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Over 6,000 North Korean soldiers have been killed or injured while fighting alongside Russia's forces in Kursk where Ukraine has presence due to its incursion, the UK ministry of defence (MoD) has assessed.
'Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) forces have highly likely sustained more than 6,000 casualties in offensive combat operations against Ukrainian forces in the Russian oblast of Kursk,' the ministry of defence said in its latest assessment, using North Korea's official name.

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