North Korean soldiers suffer heavy losses in Ukraine

At least 300 North Korean soldiers sent to participate in Moscow's war in Ukraine have been killed and about 2,700 others wounded.

This was reported by Yonhap with a reference to South Korean intelligence, CE Report quotes Ukrinform.

The National Intelligence Service (NIS) shared the information with lawmakers during a closed-door meeting by the parliamentary intelligence committee, according to Rep. Lee Seong-kweun of the ruling People Power Party.

Based on the agency's analysis of a combat video it obtained recently, the NIS said it attributed the "massive casualties" of North Korean soldiers to their "lack of understanding of modern warfare," including their "useless" act of shooting at long-range drones.

The agency also said North Korea has stressed to its soldiers to kill themselves to avoid being captured alive by the Ukrainian military.

Commenting on Ukraine's recent video release of two wounded North Korean soldiers in Russia's western Kursk region, Lee said: "The prisoner of war has not expressed his intention to come to South Korea."

In the nearly three-minute footage released by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday, one of the soldiers says he wants to remain in Ukraine when asked if he wishes to return home.

The NIS assessed the two soldiers were with the Reconnaissance General Bureau, a key North Korean military intelligence agency.