About 4,700 North Korea soldiers killed or wounded fighting for Russia – S Korea

People walk past a TV at Seoul railway station in South Korea showing a news programme reporting that North Korea confirms troops deployment to Russia (Ahn Young-joon/AP)

An estimated 4,700 North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded while fighting alongside Russia against Ukrainian forces, South Korea’s spy agency has told legislators.

The assessment came two days after North Korea confirmed for the first time that it had sent combat troops to help Russia recapture parts of the Kursk region, which it lost control of to a surprise Ukrainian incursion last year.