At first, the DPRK soldier considered sending him to Russia as a military training, and only upon arrival did he realize that he was being sent to a combat zone.
Two North Korean soldiers were captured in the Kursk region on January 9, South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) confirmed. One of the prisoners said during the interrogation that he arrived in Russia in November and underwent military training with Russian troops. Yonhap reported this on Sunday, January 12.
The captured military also admitted that North Korean soldiers “suffered heavy losses” while participating in the war against Ukraine on the side of Russia. In addition, the NIS confirmed the data from Ukraine that at first the DPRK soldier believed that he was sent to Russia as a military training, and only upon arrival he realized that he was sent to a combat zone. One of the two North Korean soldiers “did not receive food or water for four to five days before capture,” the NIS report said.
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky announced the capture of two North Korean soldiers on January 11. According to him, the prisoners brought to Kyiv “will talk to SBU investigators.” Zelensky stressed that capturing North Korean soldiers is not an easy task: “Usually the Russians and other North Korean soldiers finish off the wounded and do everything to ensure that there is no evidence of the involvement of another state at war against Ukraine.”
Earlier, the Ukrainian military showed how they captured soldiers from the DPRK in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation.
Vladimir Zelensky reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces for the first time captured two DPRK military personnel in the Kursk region. Subsequently, the SBU provided details about the captured DPRK military personnel.
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