According to him, regular DPRK troops, not mercenaries, are involved in the war against Ukraine.
“The security of Europe and the Indo-Pacific is directly linked. We need maximum pressure against regimes in Moscow and Pyongyang,” Sybiha emphasized.
North Korean troops at war against Ukraine
North Korea is providing military support to Russia in its war against Ukraine. According to Ukrainian intelligence, the first military units from the DPRK arrived in the Kursk region of Russia on October 23, 2024.
Subsequently, about 12,000 North Korean soldiers were reported to be in Russia. Ukrainian forces have already engaged in combat with these units in the Kursk region.
They captured two North Korean soldiers in the Kursk region for the first time. One of them was captured on January 9.
According to President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, this task was a special one, because Russia is doing everything to hide the participation of DPRK troops in the Kursk region against the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Later, the SSU provided details about the DPRK soldiers captured by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region. One of them was captured by the special forces, the other by Ukrainian paratroopers.
One of the captives had a Russian military ID in someone else's name, while the other had no documents on him. The prisoners do not speak Ukrainian, English, or Russian and are currently being held in Kyiv, where they are undergoing investigative actions.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andrii Sybiha (photo: Vitalii Nosach, RBC-Ukraine)
