About 300 DPRK soldiers killed and 2,700 wounded in war against Ukraine

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

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

Based on the agency’s analysis of combat video it recently obtained, the NIS said it attributed the North Korean soldiers’ “massive casualties” to their “lack of understanding of modern warfare,” including their “futile” act of shooting. long distance. drones.

The agency also said North Korea has insisted its soldiers commit suicide to avoid being captured alive by the Ukrainian military.

Commenting on the recent video released in Ukraine of two North Korean soldiers injured 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 stay in Ukraine when asked if he wants to return home.

The NIS assessed that the two soldiers were in the General Reconnaissance Office, a key North Korean military intelligence agency.

As Ukrinform reports, Ukrainian soldiers in the Kursk region captured two North Korean soldiers. They have already been transported to kyiv, where they will be interrogated by SBU investigators.