wounded from their first battles for
elite North Korean troops were killed in their first battles in Russia, per South Korean intel.
About 1,000 more were wounded in the fighting, South Korea's National Intelligence Service said.
The troops are ill-prepared for drone attacks and the local terrain, the agency added.
More than 100 of North Korea's best "Storm" troops have been killed and 1,000 more injured fighting alongside Russia in its invasion of Ukraine, South Korean intelligence said.
South Korea's National Intelligence Service told lawmakers on Thursday that the troops' losses came in their first battles for Russia, The New York Times reported.
Lee Seong-kweun, a South Korean lawmaker, also told reporters that a general-ranking officer could be among the dead, the report said.
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