This picture of a North Korean soldier captured by the Ukrainian navy and present process interrogation by means of an interpreter, captured from the X account of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Jan. 15. Yonhap
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has launched one other video exhibiting a captured North Korean soldier present process interrogation, accusing Russia of utilizing North Korean troops to „extend and escalate“ its conflict towards Ukraine.
„Communication between captured North Korean troopers and Ukrainian investigators continues. We’re establishing the details. We’re verifying all the main points,“ Zelenskyy wrote on X on Tuesday (native time), posting a four-minute-long video clip.
The publish follows Zelenskyy’s earlier revelation this week that Ukraine captured two North Korean troopers in Russia’s western Kursk area, together with a video of the lads underneath interrogation.
„The world will study the complete fact about how Russia is exploiting such guys, who grew up in an entire data vacuum, totally unaware of Ukraine, and who’re being utilized by Russia solely to extend and escalate this conflict,“ Zelenskyy famous. „Solely Russia wants this conflict.“
The brand new video confirmed one of many two captured North Korean troopers mendacity in mattress, answering questions from a Ukrainian investigator by means of a Korean interpreter.
The soldier stated he was unable to retreat as a result of wounds he sustained in battle and was captured by the Ukrainian navy after staying in a forest for 3 to 5 days.
He additionally testified that his Russian identification doc didn’t embody his portrait and that he did not know whether or not his title was on it, as a result of the doc was solely in Russian.
Ukraine’s navy has beforehand claimed that North Korean troopers deployed to battle for Russia had been carrying pretend identification paperwork with false Russian names and birthplaces to hide their presence.
The captured soldier additionally stated he had been educated to current footage of a home and a gun when capturing a Ukrainian soldier, releasing those that picked the home whereas killing those that selected the gun. He added, nevertheless, that he’s not conscious of any occasion of his unit capturing a Ukrainian soldier.
North Korea is estimated to have despatched some 11,000 troops to assist Russia in its conflict towards Ukraine. Of these, 300 are believed to have been killed, with some 2,700 others wounded, in keeping with the Nationwide Intelligence Service. (Yonhap)
