Ukrainian forces have captured two North Korean soldiers fighting alongside Russian troops in Russia's Kursk border region, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Saturday that Ukrainian forces have captured two North Korea n soldiers fighting alongside Russia n troops in Russia 's Kursk border region. Zelenskyy said the soldiers were wounded but survived and are communicating with Ukrainian security services. He shared photos of the men in a room with bars over the windows, both wearing bandages.
According to Zelenskyy, Russian and North Korean forces have tried to conceal the presence of North Korean soldiers, including by killing wounded comrades to avoid capture and interrogation. Ukraine's security service, the SBU, said one of the soldiers had no documents, while the other had a Russian military ID. One soldier claimed he was told he was going to Russia for training, not to fight against Ukraine. Zelenskyy also said that hundreds of North Korean troops fighting alongside Russian forces in Kursk have been killed or wounded. The announcement comes as Ukraine continues its counteroffensive in the south and east, and as Zelenskyy spoke to U.S. President Joe Biden following the announcement of a new U.S. sanctions package on Russia's energy sector.
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