North Korean Troops, Viewed as ‘Expendables,’ Are Said To Be Using Human Wave Attacks Against Ukraine Forces

‘To avoid being hit by multiple drone attacks from the air, North Koreans have taken to forming a ‘human shield,’” says a Seoul-based specialist.

Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, file
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, meets soldiers on March 13, 2024. Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, file

North Korean soldiers are sacrificing themselves as targets for Ukrainian drones after replacing Russians on the front in the war against Ukraine. That’s disclosed by a South Korean specialist on North Korea, Shim Jae Hoon, in reporting on the suffering of the 12,000 or so North Koreans fighting Russia’s war in the unfamiliar terrain of the Kursk region bordering central Ukraine. 

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