'I didn't even know who we were fighting against,' the captured soldier from Pyongyang told Ukraine's Security Service.
A captured North Korean soldier fighting for Russia in Ukraine has claimed he didn't know whom he would be fighting against when he was shipped out from Pyongyang to Russia's Kursk region.Newsweek reached out to Russia's Foreign Ministry and the North Korean Embassy in London for comment via email.Why It Matters Ukraine and South Korea said in December that Pyongyang had deployed an estimated 10,000 to 12,000 servicemen to southern Russia to fight Ukrainian forces.
Some of the soldiers are thought to belong to Pyongyang's special forces. They were sent by Kremlin ally Kim Jong Un, arrived in the country in October 2024, and were assessed to have entered combat in early December.The NIS said North Korean troops in Russia are suffering massive casualties in part due to the lack of understanding of modern warfare.The intelligence service also said that some are blowing themselves up to avoid capture.
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