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30-12-2024, 06:16 PM
North Korean soldier captured in Ukraine dies, reports say injured North Korean soldier captured by Ukrainian forces has died, Yonhap News Agency has reported, citing a statement from South Korea's spy agency. The soldier is believed to be the first North Korean prisoner of war captured since Pyongyang deployed forces to support Russia's war in Ukraine.
Separately, White House said North Korean forces were experiencing mass casualties, as 8,000 of their troops has been send to replaced those killed or wounded over past week in Kursk region.
North Korea has sent more than 10,000, but now is send more soldiers to help Russia, according to Kyiv and Seoul - though Moscow/Pyongyang have neither confirmed nor denied their presence.
White House spokesperson John Kirby suggested Russian/North Korean military leaders were treating their troops as "expendable". They were being ordered to carry out "hopeless assaults against Ukrainian defences" were being used in "massed dismounted assaults", he said.
Separately, White House said North Korean forces were experiencing mass casualties, as 8,000 of their troops has been send to replaced those killed or wounded over past week in Kursk region.
North Korea has sent more than 10,000, but now is send more soldiers to help Russia, according to Kyiv and Seoul - though Moscow/Pyongyang have neither confirmed nor denied their presence.
White House spokesperson John Kirby suggested Russian/North Korean military leaders were treating their troops as "expendable". They were being ordered to carry out "hopeless assaults against Ukrainian defences" were being used in "massed dismounted assaults", he said.
