North Koreans lose one-third of troops in Kursk, they began using Russian civilians as human shields

As the intense clashes continue in Kursk, North Korean losses in manpower have skyrocketed to over 4,000 soldiers in just under a month, causing even the most well-disciplined North Koreans to start losing hope and lay down their arms, according to Euromaidan Press media outlet.
It is noted that the goal of the Ukrainian forces in this area is to push Russian forces out of the southern outskirts of Maknovka. By securing the entirety of Maknovka, the Ukrainians will prevent any further joint Russian and North Korean counteroffensive efforts since they would effectively push them back over the river.
Ukrainians are attempting to take advantage of the continued disarray among Russian troops due to the Ukrainians’ previous missile strike on Russian command posts.
Euromaidan Press says that to achieve this, the Ukrainian forces are conducting constant surveillance over the Russian and North Korean rear and frontline positions with drones. Subsequently, this allows them to detect and target Russian positions using FPV kamikaze drones.
Ukrainians then deploy armored vehicles with squadsof infantry to dismount and assault the Russian positions. Combat footage from the area reveals that to eliminate holdouts of Russian and North Korean soldiers hiding within houses and fortified positions in Makhnovka, the Ukrainians attach extra powerful packages of explosives to their drones. This allows them to completely demolish Russian positions and eliminate a large number of Russian soldiers hiding within these houses. Out of desperation to find better cover and save their lives, the North Korean soldiers decided to use Russian civilians in Maknovka as human shields. Footage recorded by a Ukrainian drone shows how a North Korean soldier kicked out two elderly women from a house to use them as human shields to prevent a drone strike.
The desperation of North Korean soldiers to increase their chances of survival at all costs is a reflection of their losses, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that up to 4,000 out of the initial 12,000 North Koreans have already been killed and wounded since they were deployed to the front. Furthermore, these losses are only exacerbated by the fact that North Korean soldiers often fight to the death and refuse to surrender, as Russian disinformation operations have led them to believe that Ukrainians would mutilate and otherwise violate them if they are taken captive. However, recently, Ukrainian special forces operators managed to capture the first two North Korean prisoners of war who are currently beingtreated for their wounds in Kyiv and questioned together with South Korean intelligence operatives serving as translators.