Russia is trying to hide the presence of North Korean soldiers at the front by issuing them false documents, the Ukrainian Special Operations Forces said. They showed the military records of North Koreans killed during fighting in the Kursk region of Russia, which allegedly contained false data. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said Monday that about 1,100 soldiers in Kim's army were killed or wounded while fighting on Russia's side in the war against Ukraine.
It was reported on the Special Operations Forces Telegram that during the fighting in the Kursk Oblast, the unit's military officers seized the documents of three dead North Korean soldiers, which contained false data. “Their military books do not have all the stamps and photos, their father's names sound characteristic in Russian, and their place of birth is signed as the Republic of Tuva, the homeland of the war criminal Shoigu (former Russian Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu – ed.),” the Operation Forces reported. Special Armed Forces Ukraine.
This unit published photos on Telegram purporting to show dead North Korean soldiers and documents found with them. She also said that she managed to find out their real names and surnames. “The most interesting of all are the signatures written in Korean and proving the real origin of the victims,” it was reported.
“This case once again confirms that Russia uses all methods to hide both its losses on the battlefield and the presence of foreign troops,” we read in a post on Telegram of the Ukrainian special unit.
Document found on dead North Korean soldier. Photo of the Special Operations Forces of the Ukrainian Armed ForcesSpecial Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine/Telegram
“Their faces are burning”
The president is in Brussels on Thursday Volodymyr Zelensky he said that in the Kursk Oblast, where the Ukrainian forces are supporting Kim Jong Un's soldiers in the fight against the Russian army, “the bodies of North Korean soldiers are being found, although the Russians are doing everything to prevent them from being identified.”
– They are found with documents of the Russian Federation. The Russians are doing everything, even burning their faces, to prevent these soldiers from being identified. They did the same with their fallen, Zelensky said. He added that Ukraine is documenting these cases, including collecting photos and videos of the bodies of soldiers.
Volodymyr Zelensky: we have recordings showing the Russians burning the faces of fallen KoreansMonika Krajewska/Fakty TVN
More support from Kim
On Monday, the Yonhap news agency reported, citing a statement from the South Korean military, that the Pyongyang regime “apparently is preparing to send additional soldiers and military equipment, including kamikaze drones, to Russia to support Moscow's war with Ukraine.”
“A comprehensive assessment of multiple intelligence reports shows that North Korea is preparing to rotate or increase the number of troops (to Russia), also supplying 240 mm rocket launchers and 170 mm self-propelled artillery units there,” Yonhap quoted the military's statement as saying. It also reported that “North Korea is starting the production and delivery of kamikaze drones, first demonstrated during Kim Jong-un's inspection in November this year.”
On Monday, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff reported that about 1,100 North Korean soldiers were killed or wounded while fighting on the side. Russia in the war against Ukraine.
NV, Yonhap, tvn24.pl, PAP