The Ukrainians captured two wounded soldiers from the DPRK in the Kursk region. Both have already testified

“These are two soldiers who are injured but survived. They were taken to Kyiv and are communicating with investigators,” Zelenskyj said on Facebook, adding that it was not an easy task. According to him, Russians and North Koreans usually kill their wounded in order to shoot any evidence of the involvement of DPRK soldiers in the war against Ukraine.

The President thanked the soldiers who captured the North Koreans. “As with all prisoners of war, these two North Korean soldiers will receive the necessary medical assistance,” added Zelenskyj.

According to his words, the President ordered the secret service SBU, which interrogates them, to ensure access to them for journalists. “The world must learn what is happening,” said Zelensky.

The newspaper Ukrainska pravda wrote that the investigators are talking to the two prisoners through an interpreter in cooperation with South Korean intelligence, because these soldiers do not speak Ukrainian, nor Russian or English. At the time of detention, one of the North Koreans had a Russian military ID issued in the name of another person with registration in the Republic of Tuva of the Russian Federation.

This document is said to have been issued to him by the Russian Federation in the fall of 2024. Then, according to him, some combat units of North Korea underwent a one-week joint exercise with Russian units. This prisoner further stated that he was born in 2005 and served as a rifleman in the DPRK army.

The second prisoner confirmed the statement of his comrade. But he answered the investigators’ questions in writing because his jaw was injured. According to preliminary data, he was born in 1999 and since 2016 served in the army of the DPRK as a sniper.

Last August, Ukraine made a successful foray into Russian territory and occupied several hundred square kilometers in the Kursk region. The Russians are trying to push out the Ukrainians with the help of thousands of North Korean soldiers. According to Kyiv and its allies, Pyongyang also supports Russian aggression against Ukraine by supplying weapons.