Grand Battle Between AFU, DPRK Soldiers Take Place In Kursk Region

• 22.01.2025, 11:22

It lasted for eight hours.

During a recent battle in Kursk region, the Ukrainian Defence Forces killed 21 and wounded 40 North Korean soldiers who were advancing towards Ukrainian positions.

This is reported on the Telegram-channel of the AFU Special Operations Forces, the footage from the battlefield is also released.

‘The operators of the 8th regiment of the AFU SOF together with friendly infantrymen were holding back the offensive of the North Koreans fighting on the side of Russia for more than eight hours with small arms and grenade launchers. Snipers were also at work. By the ninth hour of the battle, the SOF group had only a third of their ammunition left. The rest they spent on destroying the enemies,’ inform the Ukrainian military.

It is noted that the operators decided upon exfiltration - a tactic of the military to withdraw the group quickly from the battlefield to a safe place.

The fighters came out in a coordinated manner by two Humvee.