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Russian forces and other North Korean military personnel usually execute their wounded to erase any evidence of North Korea’s involvement in the war against Ukraine."
Zelensky has made similar claims, saying
I want to live here."
When asked if he wanted to go home, the soldier replied
(The ... They) said we were going to be training like actual combat."
When asked what his commanders had told him, he repliedDo you know where you are now?" ... Did you know you were fighting against Ukraine?"
One of them, lying on a bunk with bandages on both hands, shook his head when askedIn particular, those who express a desire to bring peace closer by spreading the truth about this war in Korean will be given that opportunity,
Zelenskyy statedAfter seeing my comrades die, I hid in a dugout, and I was injured on Jan. 5,
the soldier saidNorth Korean soldiers drove local residents (Russians) out of their houses to hide [there]. Local elderly people were left in the cold, and their homes became shelters for North Korean soldiers.”
A message on the channel said
We will need to take some risks to build a stronger defence capability faster than we normally do,
Mr Jonson said
Everybody knows that this has to end somehow diplomatically,
Mr Waltz, a Trump loyalist who also served in the National Guard as a colonel, told ABC
I do expect a call for, at least in the coming days and weeks. So, that would be a step and we’ll take it from there.”
Answering a question about contacts between Mr Trump and Mr Putin, US Congressman Mike Waltz, the incoming national security adviser, saidWith these drone swarms it is possible to conduct both reconnaissance, positioning and identification,
he saidAs one commander said, compared to the soldiers of the DPRK, Wagner mercenaries circa 2022 are just children. And I believe him,
Bondar said
They are young, motivated, physically fit, brave, and good at using small arms. They are also disciplined. They have everything you need for a good infantryman,
Chepurnyi saidThe enemy does not surrender. They eliminate themselves according to the same scheme, a grenade near the head, and go. Those who remain on the battlefield are doused with flammable liquid and burned,
Bondar said in a post on Facebook on SundayThey demonstrate psychological resilience. Imagine, one runs and attracts attention and the other from an ambush shoots down a drone with aimed fire,
Bondar said, claimingThey have been blowing themselves up when they see capture is in sight,
Lieutenant Colonel Yaroslav Chepurnyi, a spokesman of the Ukrainian army, told POLITICO on MondayThere's nothing we can say at the current stage"
Koo added
The current battlefield environment, combined with drones and other technologies, have created situations North Korean soldiers have never encountered before."
A retired South Korean brigadier general, Moon Seong-wook, highlighted the challenges faced by North Korean soldiers on the battlefield in UkraineIt is noteworthy that the prisoner...emphasises that he was allegedly going for training, not to fight a war against Ukraine,
the SBU statement said
In addition to the first captured soldiers from North Korea, there will undoubtedly be more. It’s only a matter of time before our troops manage to capture others,
Mr Zelensky said