South Korean authorities stated Friday that Ukrainian forces captured a North Korean soldier sent to fight together with Russian troops, though the soldier later on passed away in captivity.Around 12,000 North Korean troops have actually been released to assist Russia in its war versus Ukraine, according to United States and South Korean authorities.
Most of them have actually been associated with a counteroffensive in the Kursk area, where Ukrainian forces released a surprise border attack in August and continue to control some Russian territory.
Through real-time info showing an allied nations intelligence company, it has been confirmed that a person injured North Korean soldier has been recorded, South Koreas National Intelligence Service (NIS) stated in a statement.The Ukrainian army captured the soldier, a South Korean intelligence source informed AFP, including that the place where he was taken was not known.Later on Friday, authorities in Seoul revealed that the North Korean soldier passed away while in captivity.
It has actually been verified through an allied intelligence company that the North Korean soldier recorded alive on Dec.
26th has actually just died due to getting worse injuries, NIS said.News of the soldiers capture came days after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that nearly 3,000 North Korean soldiers have been eliminated or injured or injured considering that being sent into combat.South Koreas intelligence service had actually previously put the variety of eliminated or injured North Koreans at 1,000, saying the high casualty rate could be down to an unfamiliar battleground environment and their lack of ability to counter drone attacks.Pyongyangs soldiers were also being used as expendable frontline assault systems, South Korean legislator Lee Seong-kweun said last week.