About 300 DPRK soldiers killed, 2,700 wounded in war against Ukraine - South Korean intel

About 300 DPRK soldiers killed, 2,700 wounded in war against Ukraine - South Korean intel

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At least 300 North Korean soldiers sent to participate in Moscow's war in Ukraine have been killed and about 2,700 others wounded.

This was reported by Yonhap on Monday with a reference to South Korean intelligence, Ukrinform learned.  

The National Intelligence Service (NIS) shared the information with lawmakers during a closed-door meeting by the parliamentary intelligence committee, according to Rep. Lee Seong-kweun of the ruling People Power Party.

Based on the agency's analysis of a combat video it obtained recently, the NIS said it attributed the "massive casualties" of North Korean soldiers to their "lack of understanding of modern warfare," including their "useless" act of shooting at long-range drones.

Read also: Zelensky: Ukraine ready to hand over DPRK POWs in exchange for Ukrainian soldiers held in Russia

The agency also said North Korea has stressed to its soldiers to kill themselves to avoid being captured alive by the Ukrainian military.

Commenting on Ukraine's recent video release of two wounded North Korean soldiers in Russia's western Kursk region, Lee said: "The prisoner of war has not expressed his intention to come to South Korea."

In the nearly three-minute footage released by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday, one of the soldiers says he wants to remain in Ukraine when asked if he wishes to return home.

The NIS assessed the two soldiers were with the Reconnaissance General Bureau, a key North Korean military intelligence agency.

As reported by Ukrinform, Ukrainian soldiers in the Kursk region captured two North Korean soldiers. They have already been transported to Kyiv, where they are being questioned by to SBU investigators.

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