North Korean soldiers in Russia began to commit suicide after capturing the first military forces in Ukraine
Reuters reported on Tuesday that North Korean troops have begun taking drastic measures, including suicide bombings, in Russia’s Kursk region to fight Ukrainian forces.
Following this week’s fighting, Ukrainian special forces are said to have scoured the icy area where more than a dozen North Korean soldiers were killed before finding one alive. Although the North Korean soldier did not harm the nearby Ukrainian soldiers, he apparently pulled out a grenade and blew himself up.
Ukrainian troops have installed barbed-wire defenses along several key roads in the Sumy region to prevent a Russian counterattack. (Photo by Sergey Morgunov/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
South Korea’s intelligence service says Ukraine has captured 2 North Korean soldiers.
The news of the suicide bombings comes days after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky first announced the capture of two North Korean prisoners of war by Ukrainian forces.
Zelenskyy confirmed the capture in a speech to the crowd on Saturday, saying it was “not easy” and that the North Korean and Russian forces were arrested apparently to protect the Korean army and “finish off the wounded Korean soldiers.”
Ukraine says Russia has issued military IDs to North Korean troops, trying to cover up evidence that foreign troops have joined the war in support of Moscow, despite Western countries including the US confirming for months that Pyongyang is moving towards Russia. .
Up to 12,000 North Korean troops have been deployed to Russia, and 11,000 have been stationed in Kursk to prevent Ukrainian advances.
Zelenskyy, as well as South Korean information, North Korean troops have seen about 3,000 casualties in Kursk after entering the battle in mid-November.
North Korean soldiers take part in a display of air and amphibious combat units of the Korean People’s Army in a photo released by the Korean Central News Agency on March 16. (Reuters/KCNA)
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In a Sunday post on X, Zelensky shared a video of the two captured North Korean soldiers being treated and questioned about what they knew before finding themselves in frontline combat.
One of the soldiers said he didn’t know he was fighting Ukraine to help Russia, and instead admitted he and his soldiers were being sent for training exercises.
However, on January 3, one of the soldiers found himself on active duty and saw North Korean soldiers die before hiding in a dirt pit for two days. Retrieved January 5.
In this unverified photo shared by the Ukrainian military, an apparently captured North Korean soldier is wounded and lying on a bed in a cell. (Military statement of Ukraine)
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“It’s only a matter of time before our troops catch up,” Zelensky said Sunday, as Western intelligence repeatedly said North Korea’s troops were unprepared for the war they were thrown into.
“Ukraine is ready to give it to Kim Jong Un if he can organize the exchange of his soldiers for our fighters imprisoned in Russia,” Zelensky said. There may be other options for North Korean soldiers who do not want to return.
Reuters contributed to this report.
