Two North Korean soldiers were captured in the Kursk region on January 9, South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS) confirmed.. One of the prisoners stated during interrogation that he arrived in Russia in November and underwent military training in the Russian troops. This was reported by Yonhap on Sunday, January 12..

The captured military man also admitted that North Korean soldiers “suffered significant losses” while participating in the war against Ukraine on the side of Russia.. In addition, NIS confirmed data from Ukraine that at first the DPRK soldier considered being sent to Russia to be a military exercise, and only upon arrival he realized that he was being sent to a combat zone. One of the two North Korean soldiers "

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky announced the capture of two North Korean soldiers on January 11.. According to him, prisoners brought to Kyiv “communicate with SBU investigators”. Zelensky stressed that capturing North Korean soldiers was not an easy task:

“Usually the Russians and other North Korean soldiers finish off the wounded and do everything to ensure that there is no evidence of another state’s participation in the war against Ukraine.”.

Earlier, the Ukrainian military showed how they captured soldiers from the DPRK in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation.

Vladimir Zelensky reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces captured two North Korean soldiers for the first time in the Kursk region. Subsequently, the SBU provided details about the captured DPRK military.