This includes AK-12 rifles, the first photos of which appeared in North Korean hands at the end of 2024 … AK-12 rifles entered service in the Russian Armed Forces in 2018, mainly as a ...

When Ukrainian soldiers captured two North Korean prisoners of war last month, it provided the first undeniable proof of Pyongyang’s direct involvement in the war against Ukraine ...

The North Korean soldier was carrying an AK-12 assault rifle – the newer model of the standard issue AK-47, Amur said. Earlier this month, Ukraine captured two North Korean soldiers, and ...

The latest North Korean assault rifle is the Type 88. One of the largest armies in the world has adopted one of the most unusual variants of the AK-series of ...

The North Korean colonel was leading from the front ... including a Chinese-made radio, grenades, an AK-12 assault rifle and the 12-gauge Vepr-12. “He had two automatic weapons with him at ...

Besides the Vepr-12, the North Korean commander had an AK-12 assault rifle, grenades, a Chinese-made radio, and a diary. The colonel’s heavy combat load was made possible by what Butusov ...

After a failed North Korean assault on Ukrainian positions, the paratroopers said they found the first soldier lying in a trench, his head and arm wounded. “It is no secret that North Korean ...

One failed assault earlier this month may have left 400 Russian casualties on the ground. By mid-January, 3,800 of the North Korean 11th Army Corps’ 12,000 troops had been killed, injured or ...

Analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) have pointed out that the deployment of large North Korean assault groups in the war against Ukraine alongside Russian forces, coupled with ...

After a failed North Korean assault on Ukrainian positions, the paratroopers said they found the first soldier lying in a trench, his head and arm wounded. “It is no secret that North Korean soldiers ...