U.S. "North Korean troops killed over 1,000 last week in Kursk"

White House "North Korean troops killed more than 1,000 in the past week alone"
Zelensky "North Korean casualties already exceeded 3,000"
US "North Korean troops continue to attack recklessly...It looks like a strong brainwashed"
Biden to approve Ukraine security aid soon

[Anchor]
The White House says more than a thousand North Korean troops sent to Russia have been killed or injured in Kursk in the past week alone.

In particular, North Korean and Russian commanders criticized the North Korean military for treating them as consumables, saying that the damage was severe as they used tactics.

I'm correspondent Lee Seung-yoon from New York.

[Reporter]
The White House says more than 1,000 North Korean soldiers have been killed or injured in Kursk, Russia, in the past week alone.

[John Kirby / National Security Advisor] The North Korean military suffered more than a thousand casualties in the past week alone. Russian and North Korean commanders treat them as consumables.]

Although the North Korean military launched a large-scale rush toward the Ukrainian military, it is evaluated that it caused only enormous casualties.

The figures were compiled only for the last week, so there could be more North Korean casualties than this.

Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed that the North Korean military casualties have already exceeded 3,000.

The U.S. government analyzed that the North Korean military seems to have been strongly brainwashed, saying it is continuing reckless attacks even though it knows it.

[John Kirby / National Security Adviser to the White House National Security Council: North Korean troops are killing themselves instead of surrendering to Ukraine for fear that their families in North Korea will be retaliated if captured.]President

Joe Biden will soon approve new security aid to defend Ukraine.

In the meantime, Russia has already entered a new round of diplomatic warfare between the U.S. and Russia in preparation for the Trump era, warning of the possibility of a nuclear test by the second Trump administration.

As Trump recognizes the dispatch of North Korean troops as a major variable in relation to the war in Ukraine, attention is being paid to whether he will communicate directly or indirectly with Kim Jong-un.

I'm YTN's Lee Seungyoon from New York.

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