{"id":138629,"date":"2024-12-19T03:21:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T20:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138629"},"modified":"2024-12-19T03:21:02","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T20:21:02","slug":"drones-with-christmas-ornaments-helped-kill-or-wound-200-north-koreans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138629","title":{"rendered":"Drones With Christmas Ornaments Helped Kill Or Wound 200 North Koreans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"embed-base image-embed embed-2\" role=\"presentation\"><figcaption>\n<p class=\"color-body light-text\">A drone strike on purported North Korean troops in Kursk.<\/p>\n<p><small class=\"color-body light-text\">8th Special Purpose Regiment capture<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to the latest official estimate from <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/c\/1618958919\/8457\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/t.me\/c\/1618958919\/8457\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/t.me\/c\/1618958919\/8457\" aria-label=\"Andriy Kovalenko\">Andriy Kovalenko<\/a>, head of the Center for Countering Disinformation in Kyiv, the North Korean 11th Army Corps lost around 200 troops killed and wounded in a series of assaults targeting Ukrainian positions in western Russia\u2019s Kursk Oblast last weekend.<\/p>\n<p><fbs-ad position=\"top\" progressive=\"\" ad-id=\"article-0-top\"\/><\/p>\n<p>At least a few of those casualties were inflicted by explosive first-person-view drones wearing Christmas ornaments. A reindeer. A Santa. An elf. A bird.<\/p>\n<p>Videos of the festive drone strikes, conducted by the Ukrainian 8th Special Purpose Regiment deployed to the southwestern edge of the 250-square-mile salient the Ukrainians carved out of Kursk back in August, appeared online on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian drone operators\u2019 dark humor belies the deadly seriousness of their task. North Korean manpower significantly stiffened Russian assaults in Kursk, allowing the combined Russian-North Korean force to recapture the village of Plekhove, on the eastern edge of the salient, after three costly infantry attacks last weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Altogether, the Russians and North Koreans have around 60,000 troops in and around Kursk. The Ukrainians have just 20,000. But attacking across open ground is always more dangerous than defending from dug-in positions, so the manpower imbalance only confers a slight advantage to the Russians and North Koreans.<\/p>\n<p>And that advantage could erode quickly if Russian and North Korean commanders don\u2019t adapt to Ukrainian methods. The initial assaults over the weekend involved dismounted infantry walking in neat lines across snowy fields without much apparent support from artillery or aircraft. The darkly camouflaged North Koreans stood out against the white snow, making them easy targets for Ukrainian FPV drones and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/davidaxe\/2024\/12\/17\/ukrainian-artillery-rained-cluster-shells-on-exposed-north-korean-troops\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/davidaxe\/2024\/12\/17\/ukrainian-artillery-rained-cluster-shells-on-exposed-north-korean-troops\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/davidaxe\/2024\/12\/17\/ukrainian-artillery-rained-cluster-shells-on-exposed-north-korean-troops\/\" aria-label=\"cluster shells\" rel=\"noopener\">cluster shells<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><fbs-ad position=\"topx\" progressive=\"\" ad-id=\"article-0-topx-1\"\/><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s cold comfort to the North Korean survivors that they at least didn\u2019t march into battle under the false impression that standing still can hide you from a nearby drone operator\u2019s unblinking gaze\u2014like savannah prey blending into the surrounding grass to escape a lion. The North Koreans have been observed diving out of the way of attacking drones\u2014not always successfully.<\/p>\n<p>While some Russian trainees practice dodging incoming FPVs, sometimes with the help of a bizarre <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/wartranslated\/status\/1869373269553623347\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/wartranslated\/status\/1869373269553623347\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/x.com\/wartranslated\/status\/1869373269553623347\" aria-label=\"\u201cdrone on a rope\u201d training aid\">\u201cdrone on a rope\u201d training aid<\/a>, others clearly have been instructed to freeze in place when they see or hear a drone approaching.<\/p>\n<p>There is ample evidence of Russian soldiers <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NAFORaccoon\/status\/1868985221393400270\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NAFORaccoon\/status\/1868985221393400270\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/x.com\/NAFORaccoon\/status\/1868985221393400270\" aria-label=\"trying this tactic\">trying this tactic<\/a>\u2014and an equal amount of evidence it doesn\u2019t work. Drones\u2019 cameras are that good. And their operators are that skilled.<\/p>\n<p>Dodging may have saved a few North Koreans last weekend, but the 11th Army Corps\u2019 overall casualties were still startling high.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s apparent Russian commanders are eager to obscure the scale of the losses. \u201cDespite Russian attempts to hide North Korean failures through quick evacuation, videos of strikes on North Korean soldiers, their failures and their corpses are already in the public domain,\u201d Kovalenko <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/wartranslated\/status\/1869360158675202407\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/wartranslated\/status\/1869360158675202407\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/x.com\/wartranslated\/status\/1869360158675202407\" aria-label=\"stated\">stated<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><span>Follow me on\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/daxe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>.\u00a0<span>Check out\u00a0<\/span>my\u00a0<a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/davidaxe\/?sh=4e4aed31cc0c\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0some of my other work\u00a0<a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/War-Boring-Bored-Scared-Worlds\/dp\/0451230116\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<span>Send me a secure\u00a0<a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/tips\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">tip<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/davidaxe\/2024\/12\/18\/drones-wearing-christmas-ornaments-helped-kill-or-wound-200-north-korean-troops-in-kursk\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A drone strike on purported North Korean troops in Kursk. 8th Special Purpose Regiment capture According to the latest official estimate from Andriy Kovalenko, head of the Center for Countering &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138629\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=138629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138629\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=138629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=138629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=138629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}