Ukraine War: Zelensky: Two North Koreans captured

Two North Korean soldiers have been taken as prisoners of war in Russia’s Kursk region, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Zelensky announced this on social networks. The men survived despite injuries and were taken to Kiev, where the Ukrainian secret service was interrogating them. Zelensky announced that the press would also have access to the prisoners. “The world needs to know the truth of what is happening.”

Heavy North Korean losses

It was not Zelensky’s first report about captured North Koreans. According to him, these men died from their injuries. It is estimated that isolated communist North Korea has sent 12,000 soldiers to Russia. Among other things, Moscow is strengthening its units with North Koreans in the counterattack in the Kursk region in order to drive Ukrainian troops out of Russia. According to estimates from both Ukraine and the USA, the North Koreans are suffering heavy losses there.

Zelensky added photos to his posts that allegedly show the prisoners. His information could not be verified. It was difficult to capture North Korean soldiers, he wrote. The Russian and North Korean military would rather kill injured North Koreans than take them prisoner of war, the head of state claimed.

Russian military passport with allegedly fake data

A Russian military passport was also shown, according to which one of the North Koreans was assigned a place of birth in the Russian republic of Tuva in Siberia. “Russia gives these documents to the Koreans, but they are not deceiving anyone,” Zelensky commented in a video. “Russia itself is doing everything to prolong and expand the war and will take responsibility for it.”

According to international humanitarian law, prisoners of war may not be displayed in public. According to the Red Cross, reports about prisoners of war are not prohibited; However, it should be avoided that they can be identified.