Seoul says 300 North Korean soldiers killed, 2,700 wounded fighting Ukraine
Some 300 North Korean soldiers have been killed while fighting in Russia’s war against Ukraine, a South Korean legislator has said.
Added to the 300 deaths are about “2,700 injuries”, Lee Seong-kweun told reporters on Monday, after a briefing from Seoul’s National Intelligence Service (NIS).
“The deployment of North Korean troops to Russia has reportedly expanded to include the Kursk region, with estimates suggesting that casualties among North Korean forces have surpassed 3,000,” Lee said.
The NIS analysis also revealed that the North Korean soldiers have “a lack of understanding of modern warfare” and are being used by Russia in a manner leading to “the high number of casualties”, the legislator added.
The statement from the South Korean politician comes days after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv had captured two North Korean soldiers, releasing a video of the injured fighters being interrogated.
Zelenskyy said Kyiv is “ready to hand over” the captured North Korean soldiers in exchange for Ukrainian prisoners of war held in Russia.
The Kremlin on Monday declined to comment on the reported capture of the North Korean soldiers.
“We cannot comment in any way, we do not know what is true there,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. “We continue to discuss the possibility of exchanges, which is not easy work … but for us the life of every Russian soldier is important,” he added.
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