"Putin Lies...Russia Will Lose War" Warning
We don't know if it's actually North Korean troops sent to Russia.
A video of a North Korean soldier injured while fighting with Ukrainian forces in Kursk, Russia, has been posted on Ukraine's social media.
The authenticity has not been confirmed, and the man in the video claimed that Russian forces participated in the attack without giving them proper weapons.
I'm reporter Hong Joo-ye.
[Reporter]
The man, who has bandaged most of his face, continues to talk with difficulty.
In Korean, you can see a North Korean accent.
This is a video posted on the pro-Ukrainian Telegram account, saying it is the image of the North Korean military.
There were 40 people together, but he claims to be the only one who survived.
[North Korean Army Presumptive Man: I've heard stories from my grandfather about the war for the liberation of my country, but this war is like hell]
They accuse Russian forces of being forced into a limb when they are tasked with building defense facilities.
[North Korean presumptive male] When we arrived in Kursk, we forced them to participate in the offensive. The Russian ○○○ did not conduct any reconnaissance and did not give us the weapons to do well before the attack.]
Russian President Putin says he lied, and warns Russia will lose the war.
On the contrary, it has not been confirmed whether the man, who the Ukrainian military says is armed with the latest weapons, is actually a North Korean soldier sent to Russia.
However, if true, it is contrary to the US analysis that the North Korean military has not yet been deployed to combat.
Earlier, the head of a Lithuanian non-governmental organization interviewed that Ukrainian military units and North Korean troops first encountered each other on the 25th of last month, and that all but one North Korean soldier was killed.
He added that one of the survivors had a document called Buryat, a native Mongolian.
I'm Hong Joo Ye of YTN.
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