When Ukrainian soldiers captured two North Korean prisoners of war last month, it provided the first undeniable proof of Pyongyang’s direct involvement in the war against Ukraine. It also shed some light on the mindset of the conscripted North Korean soldiers sent to fight Russia’s war a continent away from their home.
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The team advanced through a barren winter forest toward the coordinates where a drone had spotted the three lost soldiers. The Ukrainian soldier said he tried to communicate with the captured man. He first spoke in Russian, eliciting a faint response. Then he heard the soldier muttering phrases in English and switched to his own broken English.and how long he had been serving. The soldier said he was 21 years old and had already spent four years in the military.
“When I handed him over to the medics, he looked terrified that I wasn’t going with him,” the soldier said. “I told him, ‘Everything will be fine, you will live.’”“I do feel sorry for him, but damn, they came to our land,” the soldier said. “Still, I’d like to meet him again someday.”On the same day, soldiers from an airborne unit captured another North Korean soldier, this time by chance and without initially realizing who they were taking prisoner.
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