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Anton Sokolin
Anton Sokolin is the data correspondent at NK News. He previously worked at Reuters, TASS and the Korea Trade Promotion Corporation (KOTRA).
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News Ukraine claims North Korean troops killed in Kursk carried fake IDsDocuments of alleged DPRK soldiers identify them as ethnic Russian minorities, evidence of effort to conceal deployment
The Ukrainian military claims it has seized fake identification documents of North Korean soldiers killed in action in Kursk, presenting the latest evidence that DPRK troops disguised as Russian soldiers are supporting Moscow’s war effort. The Ukrainian Special Operations Forces (SOF) on Monday published photos of three dead men and their military identification documents, showing their signatures in Korean script. The SOF claimed that Russia attempted to conceal the presence of DPRK troops in the combat zone by issuing them fake documents and passing them off as Tuvans, a Siberian ethnic minority. Their papers were rife with inconsistencies, such as © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |