“The representative of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense, Yevgeny Yerin, spoke on Radio Svoboda about the benefits of captured military personnel from the DPRK. “In any…”, — write on: armyinform.com.ua
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The Ukrainian side is going to use the North Korean soldiers captured by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kursk region in their own interests. The representative of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense, Yevgeny Yerin, spoke on Radio Svoboda about the benefits of captured military personnel from the DPRK.
“In any case, this is a correct and necessary incident for Ukraine and for our position, which we will use in our interests… This is interesting and necessary information that we can get from them. Plus, the very fact of confirmation of participation from direct participants from the territory of North Korea is also a very necessary fact for us… Everything they tell will be used in the interests of Ukraine,” said the representative of the HUR.
Commenting on the results of interrogations of captured North Koreans, he noted that he could not divulge any details at the moment, but said that Ukraine was preparing for this, so specialists who know the DPRK well are working with them now.
“We were preparing. And not only us, but all relevant services involved in this process were preparing. And accordingly, they are absolutely ready within the limits defined by the legislation of Ukraine,” Yevgeny Yerin assured, adding that the future fate of the prisoners will be decided by the country’s military and political leadership.
As for the role of North Korean soldiers in the hostilities in Kurshchyna, the representative of the GUR assessed it not too highly.
“Their main task is to participate in assaults or other operations. They are, as a rule, used as part of units of the marines, amphibious assault troops, and Airborne Forces of the Russian Federation. And they, first of all, are like conventional cannon fodder. However, among them there are various specialists who deal with various issues, but in general, it is, relatively speaking, infantry,” the scout stated.
As reported by ArmiyaInform, on the eve of January 12, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy released a video of the interrogation of the first captured soldiers from North Korea.
