North Korea is it’s executing wounded soldiers:

KYIV, Ukraine – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has made a grave accusation against North Korea, claiming that the regime is executing its own soldiers to prevent them from being captured by Ukrainian forces. This statement follows reports of Ukrainian troops capturing several North Korean fighters, who, according to Zelensky, were severely wounded and could not be saved.

Zelensky detailed the situation during a public address, highlighting the broader implications of North Korea’s military support to Russia in the ongoing conflict with Ukraine. He confirmed a recent Ukrainian missile attack targeting a facility in Russia’s Oryol region, which was used for the storage, maintenance, and repair of Iranian-made Shahed kamikaze drones. This strike, executed on December 26, significantly diminished Russia’s capacity to launch drone attacks on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure.

Further complicating the narrative, sources have pointed out communication breakdowns between the Russian and North Korean forces. An anonymous post on Telegram suggested that there’s minimal interaction between the troops during combat operations due to language barriers, with Russian commanders reportedly not seeing the need for North Korean soldiers to communicate with drone operators or other command staff.

Zelensky criticized the apparent disregard for North Korean soldiers’ lives by both Russian and North Korean leadership. He stated, “We can see that the Russian military and the North Korean enforcers have no interest in the survival of these Koreans at all. Everything is arranged in a way that makes it impossible for us to capture the Koreans as prisoners.”

He called for international intervention, particularly urging China, a close ally of North Korea, to pressure Pyongyang to reconsider its involvement in the conflict to prevent further loss of Korean lives abroad. Zelensky underscored, “The Korean nation should not lose its people in the battles in Europe.”

The Ukrainian military operation was reported to have used three Storm Shadow missiles, supplied by Britain, leading to casualties on the Russian side with two servicemen killed and seven injured. The attack site was deep within Russian territory, escalating tensions with Russian President Vladimir Putin vowing to retaliate against such incursions.

This latest development paints a picture of a conflict where international alliances and the human cost of warfare continue to draw global attention, highlighting not only the military strategies but also the ethical considerations of how soldiers are treated in the theater of war.