'Sitting duck' North Koreans 'have no idea why they're in Ukraine or who they're fighting'

A British YouTuber who travelled to Ukraine to spot the devastation caused by warfare for himself reveals however helium was told that North Korean soldiers are conscionable 'sitting ducks' with 'no idea' what they are doing

A Brit travelled to Ukraine to spot for himself the grade of demolition caused by the warfare with Russian and was told stories of North Korean soldiers 'sitting duck' arsenic they person 'no thought wherefore they are successful Ukraine oregon who they are fighting'.

Chris Reilly, 37, travelled to Ukraine connected January 31, to acquisition for himself what they state was like, pursuing Russia's penetration of Ukraine coming up to 3 years ago.

The YouTuber from Liverpool travelled via Krakow, Poland, earlier getting connected a 26-hour autobus to Kyiv. He past headed to eastbound Ukraine with his contact, to witnesser for himself, the frontlines of the existent warfare effort. Once there, helium spoke with soldiers and medics, who shared stories and things that they had witnessed.

In particular, a radical of Ukrainians helium spoke with told him astir the North Korean soldiers that had joined Russia's warfare effort. "I was told galore of them didn't adjacent cognize the mode - oregon who they are fighting," Chris said. "I've been told they deficiency due grooming and are much similar sitting ducks.

"The North Koreans bash not person a hint what they are doing, wherefore they are there, who they are warring oregon adjacent what warfare they are fighting. They are conscionable determination - [they have] been sent to Russia, oregon been sent to Ukraine - and conscionable told what to do.

"I was told a batch of them are being killed and wiped retired due to the fact that they are conscionable oblivious to everything."

Last year, North Korea deployed betwixt 10,000 and 12,000 troops to enactment Russia's warfare with Ukraine. A important fig were stationed successful the Kursk portion adjacent the Ukrainian border. Recent reports person indicated that North Korean troops person suffered important casualties, with figures estimated to beryllium astir 1,000 killed oregon wounded.

In summation to soldiers, North Korea has besides supplied Russia with weapons, including short-range ballistic missiles and artillery shells. The practice betwixt Russia and North Korea has consequently raised planetary concerns and arsenic the concern has evolved, much reports person emerged of North Korean forces returning to the frontlines contempt experiencing dense losses.

More recently, Ukrainian soldiers chilling stories of what they person witnessed from North Korean troops, including gnawing their ain veins. Several of Volodymyr Zelensky's troops revealed that North Korean soldiers garbage to beryllium taken live and alternatively take to stroke themselves up, with 1 combatant adjacent screaming "for Kim Jong Un", earlier utilizing an explosive.

The latest study came aft a elder subject source, based successful the metropolis of Sumy, allowed outsiders an penetration into what the North Korean troops are like. He described harrowing scenes from the frontline including however 1 worker tried to wound his ain wrists aft being injured successful the Kursk region.

The sergeant, from Pyongyang, was aboriginal named arsenic Lee Jong Nam. The 25-year-old initially suffered from a jaw wounded and reportedly said that helium was the lone subsister aft the officers helium was with each died. There was different subsister but helium was enactment into Ukrainian custody and began to harm himself, according to the source.

They added: "When this feline was transported to Kyiv and idiosyncratic from the peculiar forces searched him, they recovered a tiny leaf sewn into his pants. He was hoping to chopped himself arsenic soon arsenic helium was near alone." It comes aft a erstwhile North Korean worker lifted the lid connected the civilization among troops. He antecedently told Reuters: "Self-detonation and suicides: that’s the world astir North Korea. These soldiers who near location for a combat determination person been brainwashed and are genuinely acceptable to sacrifice themselves for Kim Jong Un."