Zelensky says Ukraine captured two wounded North Korean soldiers | Wilnesh News

Ukraine occupied two injured north korean soldier from Battlefield in Kursk region, Russia Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that they would be transferred to Kyiv.

“The two soldiers, although wounded, survived and were flown to Kiev, where they are currently in contact with Ukrainian security services,” Zelensky said. write on Xand a series of photos of prisoners.

This is the first time Ukraine has said it has detained North Korean troops since the Pyongyang incident An estimated 11,000 troops are deployed The United States backed Russia late last year, according to the United States and its allies. Neither Russia nor North Korea has publicly acknowledged the troop deployment.

“Like all prisoners of war, the two North Korean soldiers are receiving necessary medical assistance,” Zelensky said. He noted that capturing them “is not an easy task,” adding that Russian and North Korean soldiers “usually Their wounded will be executed”. Erase any evidence of North Korean involvement in the war in Ukraine. “

One of the photos posted by Zelensky showed a man with bandaged arms and a striped sweater draped over his shoulders. Another man was pictured with a swollen lip and a bandaged head.

Two other images show the cover and inside pages of a Russian document.

The Ukrainian military warned in December that Russia was trying to “cover up its presence by issuing false documents to North Korean military personnel.”

The statement said the military cards of North Koreans killed in the conflict were “missing all stamps and photos” and that the signatures on the documents were in Korean, “indicating the true origins of these soldiers”.

In October, South Korean intelligence said North Korean special forces soldiers received Russian military uniforms and Russian-made weapons, as well as forged identity documents to make them appear to be from the Russian Far East, where people resemble North Koreans.

Zelensky said he had instructed Ukraine’s security services to allow journalists access to prisoners.

“The world needs to know the truth about what’s going on,” he said.

Zelensky said last week that 4,000 North Korean soldiers had been killed or injured in a cross-border invasion by Ukrainian troops in the Kursk region since August.

That same month, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said some North Korean soldiers ended his life Instead of surrendering to Ukrainian forces.

He said the suicides “may be due to fear of reprisal against their families in North Korea if arrested”.