The soldier kept a modest logbook which was found and translated by Ukrainian forces.
A war diary written in ballpoint pen on small squared sheets. The Ukrainian army has released the diary seized from a North Korean soldier who died in the Russian region of Kursk and has translated several pages. Sketches are also included. “More than a thousand” North Korean soldiers deployed to Russia to fight against Ukraine were “You are” or “wounded” during assaults in Kursk, Washington said this Friday. Troops perceived as “sacrifiables” by both Russia and North Korea.
According to the thread published on the social network the soldier Young believed to defend North Korea by fighting in the Kursk region. He would have been carrying false Russian identity papers to pass him off as a Tuvan, a people from Siberia.
Diary of KIA North Korean soldier in Kursk Oblast. Part 2 «Live bait”
Ukrainian SOF operators eliminated a North Korean soldier in russia’s Kursk region, discovering his diary. The entries reveal that North Korea sent elite troops to support russia, not ordinary soldiers. 1/9 pic.twitter.com/J3DsLIcv0J
— SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES OF UKRAINE (@SOF_UKR) https://twitter.com/SOF_UKR/status/1872158983823434016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Private Jong explains in his diary that he was deployed to Russia as punishment. He “repent of one’s mistakes”. Several sentences are to the glory of his homeland and he promises loyalty to Kim Jong-Un. “Defending the homeland is a sacred duty of every citizen and the highest mission”he writes. The man indicates that he is ready to “sacrifice one’s life” for him. “I will show the world the courage and self-sacrifice of the Red Special Forces named after Kim Jong Un. And I will win this battle, return home and testify before the motherland”he writes.
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On another page he wrote a message for his “Friend and Brother Song Ji Mung” to whom he wishes December 9 a “happy birthday and good health”.
We also discover small drawings childish showing how to escape a drone attack. “When a drone is detected, form a team of three. The person attracting the drone should approach no more than 7 meters, while those shooting should stay at a distance of 10 to 12 meters”specifies the text according to our colleagues at La Dépêche du Midi. Another handwritten note explains how to protect yourself from artillery firesuggesting the lack of training and preparation of these soldiers sent “like cannon fodder”. According to Kyiv, 12,000 North Korean troops, including “around 500 officers and three generals”are engaged in the Russian region of Kursk.
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