<ul><li>North Korean forces are being sent forward in 'human waves' against Ukraine, resulting in heavy casualties.</li><li>The North Korean troops are treated as expendable and sent on 'hopeless' assaults.</li><li>US assesses that more than 1,000 North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded in the past week.</li><li>Russian and North Korean military leaders see the troops as 'expendable' and push them on futile attacks.</li></ul>

'Highly indoctrinated' North Korean troops are being sent on 'hopeless' human wave assaults against Ukrainian positions: White House

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