According to Volodymyr Zelensky, Russian troops have been burning the faces of North Korean soldiers who have died while fighting in Ukraine, ostensibly in an effort to hide their identity.
According to Knewz.com, the Ukrainian president shared his assertions on X, the former name for Twitter, along with a video clip purportedly from the Kursk region, where it was said that North Korean and Ukrainian forces were actively fighting.
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Vladimir Putin reportedly gathered 50,000 Russian and North Korean soldiers to launch the first significant ground invasion in the Kursk region earlier in November.
The deployment of 50,000 troops to deter the Ukrainian invasion in Kursk, according to reports at the time that cited an assessment by U.S. and Ukrainian officials, would essentially enable Putin to advance on several fronts at once without having to jeopardize the gains he has made on the beleaguered nation’s territory thus far.
It is important to note that although Russia has occasionally used artillery and missile attacks to target Ukrainian positions in Kursk, this was the first time Putin initiated a significant ground offensive with the goal of forcing the Ukrainians out of the occupied regions.
However, it appears that Ukrainian forces are causing significant casualties among the North Korean soldiers defending their Russian counterparts in Kursk.
In the video that Zelensky posted, North Korean soldiers’ bodies were seen lying lifeless in their murder sites.
After after, the footage allegedly showed soldiers burning the bodies of the fallen North Korean soldiers.
Sharing the video, Zelensky said the Russians had banned the North Koreans from revealing their faces during training and that they had been burning the faces of dead North Koreans to hide their presence.
“Even after years of war, when we thought the Russians could not get any more cynical, we see something even worse,” Zelensky stated on X.
“Russia attempts to hide the deaths of these individuals in addition to sending North Korean forces to attack Ukrainian positions. They made every effort to conceal the North Korean soldiers’ presence. During training, they were not allowed to reveal their faces. The Ukrainian president went on to say, “The Russians tried to remove any video evidence of their presence.”
“And now, after first combats with our warriors, Russians are trying to literally burn the faces of North Korean soldiers killed in battle.”
Zelensky took to social media to say, “This is a demonstration of disrespect, which is currently prevalent in Russia, a disrespect to everything human,” and that North Koreans had no justification for fighting and dying for Putin. And Russia only has shame for them even once they do.”
“This madness must be stopped stopped by a reliable and durable peace, as well as Russia s accountability for this cynical war,” he added.
In this context, it is important to note that Ukraine’s military intelligence services earlier made public an audio clip purportedly featuring Russian soldiers grumbling about having to engage in combat alongside North Korean forces.
The audio footage purportedly showed Russian soldiers calling Kim Jong-un’s army “F—— Chinese” and citing one of his fellow soldiers as saying, “Who knows what the f— we’re supposed to do with them.”
According to reports, the Ukrainian military intelligence unit stated on December 16 that “at least” 30 North Korean soldiers were killed over the weekend while battling on the frontlines.
According to reports, North Korean soldiers were killed and wounded in the vicinity of the villages of Plekhovo, Vorozhba, and Martynovka.
The first instance of a foreign country sending uniformed troops to aid Russian combat efforts was North Korea’s involvement in the conflict in Ukraine.
NATOSecretary-General Mark Rutte commented that Kim Jong-un deploying troops against Ukraine represents a significant escalation in the nation’s involvement in the war and labeled it a dangerous expansion of Russia s war.
He added that NATO is closely monitoring the situation and is “actively consulting” the matter within the alliance, with Ukraine, and with NATO’s “Indo-Pacific partners.”
According to reports, Kim Jong-un’s forces in Ukraine consist of perhaps 500 officers, a few generals, and members of the North Korean army’s prestigious Storm Corps.
However,The Guardian’s Justin McCurry wrote in a recent analysis that the North Korean troops deployed in Ukraine are “inexperienced, poorly trained, and underfed.”
“Depending on whom you ask, they are the boost that Russian forces need to make a significant breakthrough in Ukraine, or they are simple cannon fodder, destined for repatriation in body bags,” McCurry said in his evaluation.
He added, “Not a single one of the young men who were drafted from Kim Jong-un’s regular army has ever been in combat.” And they will be fighting on unfamiliar territory, with new weapons and in uniforms bearing the flag of a country Russia they know little about.”
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