A North Korean soldier captured by Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces in Kursk Oblast has confirmed that he had fake Russian documents.

Source : video posted by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on social media

Details: A North Korean soldier speaks to Ukrainian intelligence authorities with the help of an interpreter in a recording released on 14 January.

When questioned, he claims that he was injured in battle and was unable to move. A few days later, he was captured by Ukrainian forces and evacuated.

When asked if it was his photo on the Russian documents, the North Korean fighter denied it. He also maintained that the name on the records was not his either. 

The wounded North Korean also talks about the instructions he received in case of capturing Ukrainian soldiers, but says he did not have to do that.

Quote: "The communication of captured soldiers from North Korea with Ukrainian investigators continues. We are establishing the facts. We are checking all the details. The world will know the complete truth about how Russia uses such guys who grew up in a complete information vacuum, know nothing about Ukraine at all and are used by Russia solely to continue and expand this war," ‒ Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Background:

• Ukrainian soldiers captured North Korean troops in Russia’s Kursk Oblast.
• Ukraine's Special Operations Forces (SOF) have released a video showing their operatives capturing and transporting a North Korean soldier, an event previously reported by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Another captured North Korean soldier has also been shown in a video posted by Ukraine’s Air Assault Forces.
• A fake military ID discovered on a captured North Korean soldier in Kursk Oblast was issued in the name of a real person from the Russian republic of Tyva (Tuva). 

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