Around 300 NK soldiers killed, 2,700 wounded during fight against Ukraine: S. Korea’s spy agency

Around 300 Nk Soldiers Killed, 2,700 Wounded During Fight Against Ukraine: S

Soldiers wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus rally to welcome the 8th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, Oct. 12, 2020. AP-Yonhap

Troopers carrying face masks to assist curb the unfold of the coronavirus rally to welcome the eighth Congress of the Staff‘ Get together of Korea at Kim Il Sung Sq. in Pyongyang, North Korea, Oct. 12, 2020. AP-Yonhap

A minimum of 300 North Korean troopers dispatched to help Moscow’s conflict in Ukraine have been killed, with some 2,700 others injured, South Korea’s spy company advised lawmakers Monday.

The Nationwide Intelligence Service (NIS) shared the data with lawmakers throughout a closed-door assembly by the parliamentary intelligence committee, in response to Rep. Lee Seong-kweun of the ruling Folks Energy Get together.

The NIS mentioned it attributed the „large casualties“ of North Korean troopers to their „lack of expertise of contemporary warfare,“ together with their „ineffective“ act of capturing at long-range drones, primarily based on the company’s evaluation of a fight video it obtained lately.

The spy company additionally mentioned North Korea has compelled its troopers to kill themselves to keep away from being captured alive by the Ukrainian navy.

On Ukraine’s current video launch of two wounded North Korean troopers in Russia’s western Kursk area, Lee mentioned, „The prisoner of conflict has not expressed his intention to return to South Korea.“

Within the almost three-minute footage launched by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on X on Sunday, one of many troopers says he desires to stay in Ukraine when requested if he needs to return house.

The NIS assessed the 2 troopers had been with the Reconnaissance Basic Bureau, a key North Korean navy intelligence company. (Yonhap)

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