KYIV: A wounded North Korean soldier captured by Ukraine in Russia's Kursk region has told interrogators that Pyongyang's troops fighting for Moscow are suffering serious losses, official video published on Monday (Jan 20) showed. Ukraine has
An alleged soldier presented as North Korea n detained by Ukrainian authorities at an undisclosed location in Ukraine , following his capture by the Ukrainian army on Jan 11, 2025. KYIV: A wounded North Korea n soldier captured by Ukraine in Russia 's Kursk region has told interrogators that Pyongyang's troops fighting for Moscow are suffering serious losses, official video published on Monday showed.
In the video posted on Monday, he said he served in a reconnaissance unit and while some North Korean soldiers had been trained to use Russian military equipment, but he had not. He said he was brought to Russia from North Korea in what he believed was a cargo vessel with around 100 others. They were then transported by sleeper train, he said.He repeated a claim from a previous video that he had not known he was being sent to Russia to fight.We know it's a hassle to switch browsers but we want your experience with CNA to be fast, secure and the best it can possibly be.
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