DPRK's human resource is too broad: Defense Express on North Korean military in Russia

He spoke about this on Espreso TV.

‘We have reason to believe that the North Korean military-industrial complex operates as a branch of the Russian military-industrial complex. Because the DPRK is very dependent on external supplies of resources, even energy resources, starting with fuel oil for power plants, which North Korea needs to get somewhere. Because without electricity, North Korean defense plants will not work. Some experts have analyzed the materials used to make the North Korean KN-23 missile, and it has become known that this missile has Russian materials, even Russian drawings,’ the military expert said.

According to him, the effectiveness of the North Korean defense industry will depend on the adequacy and timeliness of the supply of resources.

‘As for the DPRK's personnel, it is better not to harbor any illusions that the North Korean military will run away or that they will be given few. The transfer of the first corps of 11,000 troops from the DPRK took place amid the North Korean regime's own announcement that 1.5 million people had suddenly voluntarily mobilized for the ‘holy war’. Unfortunately, North Korea's mobilized human resource is too broad, and there are no limits on which the Kremlin can rely. That is, the Kremlin can count on more than the 11,000 troops that have already been transferred from the DPRK,’ Ivan Kyrychevskyi summed up.

• On October 18, the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate, Kyrylo Budanov, said that about 11,000 North Korean infantrymen were in eastern Russia, training to take part in hostilities in Ukraine.