U.S. military official "hundreds of North Korean soldiers killed in Kursk"

While Ukrainian military authorities said 200 mixed North Korean troops were killed in the battle of Kursk, U.S. officials also confirmed that hundreds of North Korean soldiers were killed.An unnamed U.S. military official said North Korean troops were fighting Ukrainian forces in the Kursk region, resulting in hundreds of casualties, according to

Reuters.

Asked about the rank of North Korean casualties, the official replied that they were from lower-level soldiers to those very close to the highest rank.

Earlier, Pentagon spokesman Pat Ryder said North Korean troops were considered to have joined the fighting with Russian troops and that there were "signs of North Korean casualties."

Ukraine's military intelligence agency (DIU) also claimed that airlift units and marines, which are a mix of North Korean and Russian forces, have suffered fatal and irreparable losses from Ukrainian attacks.

At the same time, the North Korean military said at least 30 people were killed or injured.

Currently, the number of North Korean troops dispatched to Krusk is estimated to be around 10,000, but the actual number of people deployed to combat has not been confirmed.

The Ukrainian military says North Korean soldiers are suffering heavy damage from drone attacks.

The U.S. think tank Institute for War Research (ISW), which tracks the war in Ukraine, analyzed that the North Korean military appears to be involved in the infantry war.