The Armed Forces of Ukraine shared information about the tactics of military personnel from the DPRK in the Kursk region
North Koreans can walk 10-15 km on foot to engage in assault operations. They are now much better equipped and prepared than the Russian Armed Forces.
North Korean soldiers fighting in the Kursk region have started using the "human wave" tactic. They attack in groups of up to fifty people. This was reported in a commentary to Espreso by Senior Sergeant Petro Haydashchuk, a senior officer in the communications department of the 80th Separate Air Assault Brigade. Read more
According to him, North Korean soldiers have undergone more thorough training for combat operations.
"When tactics changed on the battlefield, we noticed the appearance of completely different units, because unlike the Russians, who use the tactics of small assault groups, the North Koreans started employing large human wave tactics with 30-50 people, without armored vehicles. They could move 10-15 km on foot, engaging in assault operations despite being targeted by artillery and FPV drones," he explained.
He noted that a few soldiers from such groups managed to reach Ukrainian trenches, where they were eliminated in close combat by Ukrainian paratroopers. Meanwhile, captured Russians report that command has started to take a more thorough approach to training and equipping North Korean soldiers, while little attention is given to them.
"Prisoners mentioned that, unlike the Russians, new North Korean contract soldiers were given significantly more training time. They were better equipped than the Russians, and the North Koreans’ task was to conduct assault operations. If these assaults succeeded, the Russians were supposed to advance and fortify the positions, but this happened very rarely," Haydashchuk emphasized.
He added that Ukrainian defenders in the Kursk region felt that the North Korean troops had received reinforcements and that their tactics had changed.
28 February 2025 г., 11:18
