Ukraine-Russia war latest: North Koreans suffering mass casualties says US as Zelensky set for £1bn arms boost
US officials have claimed that North Korea is suffering mass casualties on the front lines of Russia’s war against Ukraine, as Biden pushes to send a £1bn boost to Kyiv.
White House spokesperson John Kirby told reporters on Friday that thousands of North Korean troops had been killed or wounded in the last week alone.
“It is clear that Russian and North Korean military leaders are treating these troops as expendable and ordering them on hopeless assaults against Ukrainian defenses,” Kirby said.
South Korea, Ukraine and the US previously accused Pyongyang of sending thousands of soldiers to help Russia fight off the Ukrainian invasion of the Kursk border region.
It comes as the White House is expected to announced it will send £1bn in military assistance to Ukraine, officials said, as Biden pushes to get as much aid to Kyiv as possible before leaving office in January.
The large package of aid, which is expected to be announced on Monday, is said to include a significant amount of munitions, including for the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems and the HAWK air defense system.
