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North Korean military documents found by Ukrainian soldiers
Resistant, but with outdated tactics. This is how North Koreans in Russia continue to fight for survival, never capitulating before enemies. For the sake of the leader, they prefer to commit suicide.
Since the signed cooperation agreement between Putin and Kim Jong Un, about 12,000 North Korean soldiers have been sent to Russia, of which about 4,000 were killed or injured. Reinforcement should be sent soon, advances to.
“They can be combat blatantly until they are neutralized,” says the Ukrainian commander with the nickname “Pokémon”, which he adds: “Despite all attempts to call them to surrender, They will continue to fight“.
Not only the North Korean soldiers do not surrender, but they prefer to commit suicide than being made prisoners by the enemy.
A video shared with CNN shows a Ukrainian soldier approach a North Korean and pull his leg to see if he is alive. The North Korean soldier then releases a scream, “General Kim Jong Un”, and explodes a grenade by his own head, committing suicide.
“They use grenades, which means that if they can explode“Pokémon explains. And his last words are of tribute to the president.
The Ukrainian commander ensures that North Korean soldiers are “young and resistant,” but “are prepared for the realities of war in 1980 at best.” But they have modern weaponry, supplied by Russia.
Some of the most widely used tactics consist of, for example, attracting a drone by sending a “bait soldier.” They then try to shoot down the drone with shots.
“They are very maneuverable and run and move very quickly,” he said. “They are difficult to catchespecially with a drone, ”added another commander, Amur. “All shelters, all cars are destroyed with anti-tanker-gunner. They move very quickly. ”
And it is with very little comfort that they are sent to fight for a country that is not yours. “In your backpacks there is minimal water, small bottles, to a liter,” says Amur. “There are no additional hot clothes – no hats, no scarves, nothing.”
When North Korean bodies are found by Ukrainian soldiers, they carry their documents in one of them, shared with American television, it is possible to realize that Asians are going through Russians, with false identity tickets.
Roles, self-motivation and obedience to the leader
CNN also had access to Notes and Papers that the Ukrainian soldiers found in the bodies of North Korean soldiers, including a radio code, but also handwritten notes.
“The hammer of the death of the unknown and the puppet waste is not far away. We wielded the powerful force that makes them tremble with fear. An invincible battle and surely wins“A military man wrote on a role.
The fixation for the victory for a greater good (the state) is very present in the notes. “I will demonstrate a bravery without parallel. World, watch carefully, ”wrote in another scribbled role.
Some notes are almost like a war diary. There are, for example, who denounces the erratic behavior of colleagues, who were involved “in an unimaginably shameful act when stealing groceries,” or failed “to respect the dignity of the supreme commander and placed his personal interests above all.”
In fact, the Respect for the authoridadAnd it is a maximum values for North Koreans, so devotion to the leader is present in many of the documents found.
Some roles look like self-motivation texts. “My unit could eliminate about 30 enemy soldiers on a day of work, just throwing them grenades in their heads. They didn’t know what to do, ”writes a soldier.
They also point out tactics. “How to Destroy Drones” is the title of one of the hand -written documents, as if it was a school point.
“When a drone is spotted… at a distance of about 10-12 meters, one in three people should attract it unconditionally, and the other two should go to the aim and shoot. Another method is, as projectiles do not fall into the same crater, shelter in the crater… ”, read.
Ukrainian commanders describe us as relentless adversaries: “They do not do prisoners. All our military we found were shot at the back of the neck.”
