While these “human wave tactics” were ineffective, he acknowledged that Russia’s grinding assault on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure was making it difficult for Ukrainians to weather the winter. Neither Russia nor North Korea have publicly ...

A thousand North Korean troops have been killed or wounded in the last week fighting in Ukraine, the US has said. White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters that Russia was deploying “human waves” of North Korean soldiers, and at least one soldier captured by Ukraine died of his injuries, according to NBC News.

White House National Security communications adviser John Kirby said Russia was treating North Korean troops as “expendable” by sending them on impractical ground operations in its war against