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North Korean Soldiers Fighting Ukraine are Shockingly Disciplined
As we now know, North Korean troops have joined the fray in Russia’s Kursk region, propping up an increasingly desperate Kremlin.
But don’t let the irony of Pyongyang’s soldiers operating thousands of miles from home overshadow a sobering reality: these troops are no pushovers.
According to Ukrainian soldiers, they’re disciplined, fearless, and annoyingly proficient at shooting down drones.
Let’s unpack this.
Ukrainian paratrooper Yuriy Bondar, a veteran of the elite 80th Airborne Assault Brigade — known as the “Galician Lions” — shared his harrowing experiences on Facebook.
Bondar described the North Koreans as “extremely resilient, well-trained, and morally stable.” That’s a polite way of saying, “They don’t flinch, even when facing hellfire.”
Bondar’s account sheds light on tactics that are as innovative as they are unnerving.
Imagine this: one soldier acts as bait to attract Ukrainian drones while others lie in ambush, ready to take them down with small arms. This has resulted in a shocking number of drones shot down — proving that ten years of mandatory military service can yield impressive marksmanship.
