Yonhap News reported that a North Korean soldier who fought on the Russian side was taken prisoner by Ukraine. A Korean was injured. According to Volodymyr Zelensky, North Korea has already lost 3,000 soldiers on the front.
South Korean intelligence confirmed in a statement that the injured North Korean soldier was a prisoner of war in Ukraine.
According to Ukrainian military officials, the North Korean soldier was captured by Ukrainian special forces during an operation in Russia's western Kursk region.
Ukraine. North Korean soldiers in the hands of Ukraine
As AFP writes, this is the first known capture of North Korean prisoners since Kiev and Western reports that North Korea had sent soldiers to support its ally Russia. This is an example.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Monday that nearly 3,000 North Korean soldiers have been “casualized” since engaging with Russia. South Korea's government on Monday cited 1,100 people “dead or injured.”
More than 10,000 North Korean soldiers were scheduled to be sent to Russia in recent weeks to support Russian forces, Western sources said. The Kremlin has not consistently responded to this information, AFP news agency notes. North Korea has also never confirmed or denied the presence of its troops on the Ukrainian front.
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On December 17, Ukrainian military commander Oleksandr Shirski announced that the Russian military was carrying out intensive offensive operations in the Kursk region and was actively using North Korean troops, which had already suffered heavy losses. Announced.
Ukrainian intelligence services believe that North Korea's military support to Russia poses a threat not only to Ukraine, but also to South Korea and Japan. Although some North Korean soldiers die in Ukraine, others return with combat experience that allows them to train subsequent units in modern combat techniques, intelligence agencies say. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff also shared this opinion, noting that such actions could increase North Korea's military threat to the region.
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