North Korean troops have likely suffered losses in Kursk due to inexperience and issues with Russian forces, but could learn to adapt, experts said.

Losses ‘caused by lack of experience’ but Kim Jong-un may dispatch country’s special operations force to help Russia

Pyongyang's troops fighting alongside Vladimir Putin's forces in Russia's Kursk region are being killed and injured according to the U.S.

Lack of combat experience with drones and unfamiliarity with operating in open terrain may be the reason for the significant losses suffered by North Korean forces, he said, citing data from the National Intelligence Service (NIS).

Jonah Leff said that the researchers from his group examined remnants of four North Korean missiles recovered in Ukraine in July and August. One of them had marks showing it was procured in 2024, according to the researcher.

Russia is "irrefutably" using North Korean missiles in Ukraine, according to the independent organization Conflict Armament Research (CAR).

Ukraine claimed over the weekend that North Korean troops accidentally shot at Russian vehicles in a "friendly fire" incident that left eight dead.

The UN reports over 12,300 civilian deaths in Ukraine since February 2022, with casualties tripling in 2024 due to intensified airstrikes.- Watch Video on English Oneindia

Pyongyang claimed on Thursday that its alliance with Russia was ‘normal’ and ‘very effective’, despite international alarm about the deployment of North Korean troops to the war in Ukraine

The United States believes North Korea has suffered "several hundred" troop casualties during combat alongside Russian forces against Ukraine, a Pentagon spokesperson said Thursday, noting that the figure could go up.

Ukraine’s military intelligence agency is claiming that around 30 North Korean troops were killed or wounded in fighting against the Ukrainian army at the weekend in Russia’s Kursk border region.