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A senior Ukrainian defense official has expressed his view that North Korean troops fighting alongside Russian forces have fully mastered modern fighting tactics, posing a serious threat on the battlefield. Andrii Cherniak, said spoke for Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine's Defense Ministry, spoke to NHK on Thursday about North Korean troops that have been deployed to the western Russian region of Kursk. Ukrainian forces have been engaging in cross-border attacks on the region. Cherniak said North Korean casualties have so far amounted to around 5,000, and 6,000 other soldiers from the country are in Kursk and can continue to fight. He noted North Korean troops initially went on some kind of large-scale offensive were immediately defeated by Ukrainian artillery and drones.

He said this has made them change their tactics, and they are now moving in groups of one to two people. "Unfortunately, we can talk about the evolution, about the successful training of North Korean military." He said North Korean soldiers have learned tactics of using unmanned aerial vehicles & electronic warfare. He added they are fully mastering weapons tactics Russia uses on the battlefield. He
also noted it was considered that would be a language barrier between North Korean & Russian forces. But expressed his view the troops from North Korea have fulfilling their duties as assault units, even without communicating with Russian. Specifically, North Korean soldiers receive commands or instructions to "reach this or that in frontier" then go forward, added that once have completed their task, they get a foothold there without constant communications with Russian side.

He also pointed out that Russia's military is considering attacks on Sumy in northeastern Ukraine & eastern region of Kharkiv. He did not rule out possibility that North Korean soldiers will be involved in these offensives. Cherniak also noted half of the shells used by Russia are made in North Korea, which he said is also supplying missiles to Russia. He said these missiles were at first not so accurate, they would land more than 100 meters away from their intended targets, but they have now become much closer to targets. He said North Korean troops in Kursk will take tactics of modern warfare back home & teach them to other soldiers in their country. North Korea is a threat to Ukraine and the Asia-Pacific region.