“South Korean intelligence on Friday confirmed the capture by the Ukrainian military of a wounded North Korean soldier who fought on the side of Russia. Source: Yonhap citing South Korea’s National Intelligence Service South Korea’s intelligence verbatim: “Through real-time information exchange with the intelligence service of a friendly country, (we) have confirmed the capture of the wounded North Korean soldier and plan to carefully study further developments.””, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
South Korean intelligence on Friday confirmed the capture by the Ukrainian military of a wounded North Korean soldier who fought on the side of Russia.
Source: Yonhap citing South Korea’s National Intelligence Service
Literally South Korean intelligence: “Through real-time information exchange with the intelligence service of a friendly country, (we) have confirmed the capture of the wounded North Korean soldier and plan to carefully study further developments.”
Details: Yonhap notes that this confirmation appeared after a message published on the network the day before about the capture of a North Korean soldier in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation.
A photo of an allegedly captured North Korean soldier who was allegedly injured was shared on Telegram. Details about the condition and status of the soldier are still unknown.
We will remind: Special operations forces released the first and second parts of the deciphered records from the trophy notebook of the North Korean soldier, liquidated in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation.
Prehistory:
- On December 19, a member of the South Korean parliament, Lee Sung-kwen, citing intelligence, reported that 100 North Korean soldiers were killed in the Kursk region, and about 1,000 servicemen fighting on the side of the Russian Federation were wounded.
- The Pentagon predicts an increase in casualties among the North Korean military, who continue to participate in battles in the Kursk region of Russia.
- North Korea appears to be preparing to deploy additional troops and military equipment to Russia, possibly including kamikaze drones, in support of Moscow’s war against Ukraine, according to South Korea’s military.
- On December 24, President Volodymyr Zelenskyi announced following the Supreme Commander-in-Chief Staff meeting that, according to preliminary estimates, the number of killed and wounded North Korean soldiers in Kurshchyna already exceeds 3,000.