18 North Korean soldiers who tried to escape from the positions of the Russian occupation troops in the Kursk region were detained by the Russians in the Komarchinsk district of the Bryansk region, sources said.
According to the sources, about 40 military instructors from North Korea, together with half a hundred Russian soldiers, were in positions in the forest of Khomutovska district of the Kursk region near Kolyachek.
“It has been established that the North Koreans trained Russian soldiers in the use of hot air balloons for military purposes. The soldiers of the Russian Armed Forces trained the representatives of North Korea on how to conduct modern infantry combat, using the experience of the so-called “special military operation”, the source said.
The interlocutor stated that after the end of the training course, the North Korean soldiers were left in the forest in the Kolachek district for several days without food and without any indication of their future plans and intentions. On October 14, some North Koreans decided to leave their positions to find Russian army commanders.
On October 16, the soldiers who had disappeared from their positions were found and detained by Russian soldiers. The distance from the place of escape was about 60 kilometers.
According to the sources, now “all 40 North Korean soldiers who were in positions in the Khomutovsk district have been transferred to the Lygovsk district of the Kursk region to participate in offensive operations in the Kursk region.”
Earlier, Ivan Timochko, Chairman of the Board of Reservists of the Ground Forces of the Ukrainian Army, announced that the North Koreans would most likely be transferred to the Kursk region first.
According to sources, North Korean soldiers are being prepared for the war against Ukraine in four Russian training grounds.
As stated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andriy Sibiha, we are not talking about mercenaries from North Korea, but about full-fledged military units, regular troops of North Korea, which will be involved in the war against Ukraine.