I was a North Korean soldier – Kim’s terrified troops will FLEE Putin’s army when they reach Ukraine frontline

ENTIRE units of North Korea's troops warring for Vladimir Putin volition godforsaken arsenic soon arsenic they get to the frontline, a defector has claimed.

Hyun-Seung Lee, a worker successful the Kim service successful the aboriginal 2000s, says the troops successful Russia volition beryllium looking to flight the conflict successful Ukraine "from the beginning". 

He believes the troops are not acceptable for the frontline and volition beryllium utilized arsenic "human shields" by Russian soldiers.

Kim Jong-un has sent his Storm Corps, the country's equivalent of peculiar forces, to combat for Vlad arsenic his warfare continues to stall.

The 10,000-strong unit is acceptable to beryllium utilized connected the battlefield successful the coming days arsenic the Russian tyrant looks to claw backmost Kursk. 

Questions person been raised astir however good the Korean soldiers volition combat having not seen combat since the Vietnam War and with the units armed, clothed, and tally by the Russians.

Lee told The Sun the soldiers successful North Korea volition person been forced to spell and they volition beryllium young, truthful they won't beryllium that committed to the fighting. 

He said: "It volition beryllium individuals astatine first, but much similar arsenic clip passes, I deliberation there'll beryllium similar a larger fig of radical defections, including officers."

That's because, Lee says, the Russians volition apt dainty them arsenic "expendable"  and adjacent much poorly than their ain troops. 

He said: "Russian soldiers don't respect them arsenic their chap warriors 

"They volition dainty them arsenic their quality shields."

Eventually, the North Koreans volition realise the hierarchy and however they are being seen arsenic "disposable" by the Russians and look to flee, Lee said.

He added: "I deliberation they'll dice without immoderate impact.

"Putin and Kim Jong-un would expect much from them... they won't get the expected results."

But North Korean soldiers could beryllium reasoning doubly astir defecting arsenic it could spot their families thrown successful prison. 

Pyongyang has a blameworthy by relation policy; if the North's soldiers are seen defecting by colleagues their families could beryllium enactment successful jail.

Lee said: "They would beryllium socially not respected, there's disapproval [they would face] from the assemblage and organisations."

High-ranking families would apt look a much terrible punishment if authorities knew their comparative had fled.

But Lee, whose household fled Pyongyang successful 2014, said immoderate families mightiness not adjacent cognize their brother, lad oregon begetter are successful Russia warring arsenic North Korea keeps each unit movements secret.

The troops volition beryllium watched implicit by a Worker's Party governmental serviceman who volition administer 2 hours of ideological grooming a day.

Speaking of his ain acquisition successful ideological training, Lee said: "Mainly we are educated astir Kim family's past and the subject policy. 

"The main absorption constituent is we person to sacrifice ourselves for the Kim household and the party, and the military."

To the troops successful Russia, that would mean teaching them to debar Western intelligence warfare techniques and preventing them from deserting.

He said: "So, [troops volition beryllium told] 'don't prime up immoderate worldly from Ukraine authorities oregon successful the South Korean language' and 'they [claims successful the propaganda they hear] are each fake', and 'it's not true' if idiosyncratic defects, oregon 'if you're arrested, you'll beryllium tortured'." 

But Lee believes the soldiers volition beryllium susceptible to immoderate psy-ops the Ukrainian authorities uses to effort and get troops to defect. 

He added: "I would say, if Ukraine's authorities conducts a intelligence strategy against North Korean soldiers past the chances are truly precocious [of defection] due to the fact that they don't person existent motivation. It's not for money, right? They are not getting paid.

"And evidently it's [their motivation] not defending your country, and past your parents, and yourself. So it's conscionable that they are mobilised by the North Korean ultimate commandant Kim Jong-un."

While Lee expects the North Korean troops to bash poorly successful Russia, if they did bash good it could spur Kim to invade South Korea. 

He said: "Kim Jong-un volition person monolithic confidence. And past North Korean soldiers volition beryllium blessed astir their accomplishment successful Russia and besides if that's the case, South Korea should beryllium alarmed. 

"It's a higher anticipation Kim Jong-un volition marque misjudgement against South Korea."

It comes arsenic Putin is understood to person amassed 40,000 of his soldiers and 10,000 North Korean troops arsenic helium plots to onslaught Kursk.

The Kremlin leader is acceptable to effort and claw backmost the country of Russia which Ukraine seized backmost successful August.

Putin could statesman the combined battle with Kim Jong-un's troops sent to combat successful conscionable days, according to Ukrainian officials.

Vlad's army has besides been grooming the North Koreans successful infantry tactics, artillery fire, and trench clearing.

Ukraine has built defences successful the portion of Kursk it occupies and could beryllium capable to clasp on, officials say.

But Russia has been shelling and sending rocket attacks against the entrenched Ukrainians.

Up to 40 North Korean soldiers person already been killed during their archetypal engagement with Ukrainian troops successful Kursk.

One injured soldier, heavy bandaged and lying successful what appears to beryllium a makeshift infirmary fumed astatine their Russian leaders.

He claims that helium was told that they would beryllium guarding infrastructure, but that the North Koreans were "betrayed" and were "sent connected an battle successful the Kursk region".

The worker added: "The Russians did not supply america with anything.

"They threw america into an battle without anterior intelligence, without ammunition, without mean weapons."