The fatal lengths North Korean soldiers will go to avoid capture in Ukraine The North Korean troops fighting for Russia are highly trained and will stop at nothing to avoid surrender, Ukrainian sources tell Sam Kiley, The Independent’s World Affairs Editor in Sumy.
Since news of their presence in Russia emerged in October, just two North Koreans soldiers have been captured alive amid varying claims from Ukraine of heavy losses among the Russian allies.
The North Korean soldiers fighting alongside Vladimir Putin’s military have shown ferocious commitment, brutality - and a determination to kill themselves rather than face capture, The Independent has been told.
Vladimir Putin, left, and Kim Jong Un smile together in Pyongyang] “He didn’t realise, at first, that Ukrainian soldiers were closing in on him.
When he realised that he was being captured by Ukrainians, he rushed at a concrete pillar [telegraph pole] and hit his head against that pillar with all his strength in the hope of killing himself.”.
