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This article was first published by Truthmeter.mk (North Macedonia), within the framework of Western Balkans Anti-Disinformation Project.
According to estimates from Ukrainian and Western sources, approximately 11,000 North Korean troops are stationed in the Kursk region to assist Russian forces. Russia has neither confirmed nor denied their presence. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky personally confirmed that North Korea has sent troops to fight alongside Russia, sharing a video on social media showing two captured soldiers
We analyze a Facebook post that says:
As predicted, we will never see North Korean fighters in Russia/Ukraine, simply because they were not there in the first place.
The post claims there were no North Korean soldiers in the war with Ukraine, which is not true.
The fact that North Korea sent soldiers to fight on the side of Russia was confirmed personally by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, who posted on social networks a video of two captured soldiers.
In addition to the first captured soldiers from North Korea, there will undoubtedly be more. It’s only a matter of time before our troops manage to capture others. There should be no doubt left in the world that the Russian army is dependent on military assistance from North Korea. Putin started three years ago with ultimatums to NATO and attempts to rewrite history, but now he cannot manage without military support from Pyongyang, Zelensky wrote on X, in a post showing the captured soldiers.
The video shows the interrogation of the two soldiers who say they do not know where they are.
Evidence that North Korean soldiers are fighting in Ukraine was also shown by CNN, publishing notes and papers that Ukrainian soldiers found on the bodies of other North Korean soldiers.
CNN has gained a rare insight into the world of North Korean troops fighting for Russia in interviews with Ukrainian special operations forces who told CNN the North Koreans they faced in intense fighting did not surrender. In one video, shared with CNN, a Ukrainian soldier approaches an injured North Korean soldier who was lying face down, during clashes. As the Ukrainian pulls the North Korean soldier’s leg to see if he is still alive, the North Korean lets out a scream in Korean before detonating a grenade next to his head. The North Korean soldier seen detonating the grenade in the video carried a fake Russian military ID which identified him as 29-year-old Ment Chat. The document said he joined the Russian army in October and was from the Russian border of Tuva, near Mongolia, reports CNN.
Handwritten notes found beside the bodies of dead North Korean soldiers killed on a battlefield in the Kursk region of Russia reveal a tactic in which Pyongyang’s soldiers are used as bait to shoot down Ukrainian drones, British Telegraph reported.
According to Telegraph, Ukrainian special operations forces found notes in which the soldiers described deadly tactics and expressed their love for their leader Kim Jong-un and longing to return to their homeland.
According to Ukrainian and Western estimates, about 11,000 North Korean troops are in the Kursk region to help Russian forces. Russia has neither confirmed nor denied their presence. Zelensky says Russian and North Korean forces suffered heavy losses.
The number of North Korean soldiers killed and wounded in Ukraine likely exceeded 3,000, including about 300 dead and 2,700 wounded, a South Korean envoy said, citing information from the intelligence agency there.
Taking all of this into account, we assess the post as untrue.
