Suicides, new tactics and propaganda iPads: details from captured North Koreans expose new foe in Ukraine
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Sat, 18 Jan 2025 13:22:49 +0200
Discovery of two injured servicemen sent from Pyongyang and disguised as Russian fighters blows apart myth that Zelenskyys fight is solely with MoscowThe news was sensational.
It travelled quickly among Ukrainian soldiers fighting in Russias Kursk region.
I heard from a friend of a friend, one officer, Vitalii Ovcharenko, recalled.
This was half an hour after it happened.
My friend said Weve got a North Korean prisoner Hes in shock but OK.
I said Wow.
Ovcharenko added Everyone wanted a selfie.
They wrapped him in a blanket and gave him tea.Last weeks capture of two North Korean servicemen was an extraordinary moment in Russias bloody war against Ukraine.
The Kremlin has taken elaborate steps to conceal the presence of 12,000 elite troops sent in autumn by Pyongyang to Russia.
At camps in the Far East they were given Russian equipment uniforms, rifles and fake military documents.
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