📊 Casualties

North Korean forces sustained at least 30 casualties during assaults near Plekhovo, Vorobzha, and Martynovka on December 14 and 15, with at least three North Korean personnel missing near Kurilovka.

December 16, 2024 Kurilovka, Kursk Oblast

Verified Independently confirmed by 6 sources

Institute for the Study of War Ukrinform Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post UNIAN Censor.NET

Multiple high-reliability sources confirm the core facts of this event.

Entities

North Korean 94th Special Forces Brigade (military_unit) North Korea (organization) Russia (organization) Pentagon (organization) HUR (organization) 94th Separate Brigade (military_unit) North Korean troops (military_unit) Patrick Ryder (person) HUR (Defense Intelligence Directorate) (organization) DPRK soldiers (military_unit) Kyrylo Budanov (person) North Korean forces (military_unit) Patrick S. Ryder (person) GUR (organization) Ukrainian Defense Intelligence (organization) North Korean Army (military_unit) Kursk Oblast (location) Russian Armed Forces (military_unit) Ukrainian 414th Separate Brigade (military_unit)

Source Reports

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Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: likely

GUR reported on December 16 that North Korean forces sustained at least 30 casualties during assaults near Plekhovo, Vorobzha, and Martynovka on December 14 and 15.

Ukrinform → Source tone: likely

North Korean and Russian military losses in Kursk region by December 14, 2024 were approximately 200 personnel.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

We have seen North Korean soldiers who have been killed in action on the battlefield inside Russia.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

Kyrylo Budanov stated more than 200 North Koreans have been killed in operations in Kursk

UNIAN → Source tone: likely

The GUR disclosed casualties among North Korean soldiers in the Kursk region.

Censor.NET → Source tone: likely

Video footage shows about 22 dead Russian and possibly North Korean soldiers in the Kursk region.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:38.854Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-december-16-2024