North Korean troops who haven't been able to drink water for five days... "lost a lot of troops."

[Anchor]
It has been confirmed that the North Korean military, who was captured by the Ukrainian military, was caught without drinking water, let alone food, for five days.

The National Intelligence Service, which is said to be participating in the interrogation, said it confirmed through North Korean prisoners that many of the North Korean troops lost their money.

Reporter Hong Sun-ki reports.

[Reporter]
The National Intelligence Service said it confirmed that two North Korean soldiers were captured by Ukrainian forces in the Kursk region of Russia on the 9th local time.

The National Intelligence Service said the captured North Korean military was caught without drinking water, let alone food, for four to five days after falling from the battlefield.

The North Korean military's damage, which has been transmitted through various channels, has also been directly confirmed through North Korean prisoners.

The North Korean prisoner stated in an interrogation by the Ukrainian intelligence authorities that a large number of North Korean soldiers lost their troops during the battle.

Although the NIS did not publicly disclose it, it is reported that NIS agents are also involved in the Ukrainian intelligence authorities' interrogation of North Korean prisoners.

[Artem Dehtyarenko / Spokesperson for Ukraine Security Service: The prisoners do not speak Ukrainian, English or Russian, so they are being investigated with the cooperation of the South Korean National Intelligence Service.]

North Korean prisoners said they arrived in Russia in November last year and were trained by the Russian side for a week before moving to the battlefield.

However, he stated that even when he was moving, he thought he was only moving to be trained, not on the battlefield.

[Artem Dehtyarenko / Spokesperson for Ukraine's security services: One prisoner stressed that he thought he was going to training, not participating in the war in Ukraine]

North Korean prisoners claim that they only found out about the dispatch of troops after arriving in Russia.

At the end of last month, a North Korean soldier was captured by Ukraine, but his injuries were severe and he died in a day.

The NIS explained that the two captured North Korean prisoners were captured alive with injuries, but their lives were not in danger.

This is YTN Hong Seon-gi.


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