Eight North Korean officers were killed in action during their first day of deployment in Ukraine

A Chinese mercenary fighting for the Russian military has claimed that eight North Koreans in Ukraine, officers, were killed in action during their first day of deployment, according to Kyiv Post.

The mercenary, who goes by the name “Dian Yuzhan” on social media, made the claim during a live broadcast with another Chinese mercenary who has reportedly returned to China after fighting for Russia in Ukraine.

The video was shared by X user whyyoutouzhele. Kyiv Post has been able to partially establish Dian Yuzhan’s identity, but cannot verify the claims made in the video.

Dian Yuzhan claimed in the video that he submitted a list of those killed in action, which comprised 153 Chinese nationals on the Luhansk front, before mentioning the North Koreans in Ukraine. İn the video, he said that despite the preconception of Pyongyang troops being fierce, eight officers were killed “in just one day” upon joining the war, where he then laughed, presumably at the seemingly poor performance of the North Korean troops.

“We have North Korean soldiers here, goddamn it, they were gone just after entering the war… and people say they are fierce… Just entered and gone. Just one day. Eight people, they were even officers,” Dian Yuzhan said. He did not specify the date and location of the alleged incident.

When asked by the other mercenary if he and his units had issues with deserters, Dian Yuzhan said they were shot on sight.

Earlier in the video, the other mercenary could be heard discussing his experience in Ukraine. At 0:19, he criticized the poor command of the Russian military and said “commanders’ failure is a norm” across different units.

Then he went on to criticize Russia’s lack of compensation for those killed in action, He said in some cases “those who were missing… corpses littered everywhere, bombed to unidentifiable state” were not compensated, as he said Russia claimed they could not identity the bodies.

Recall, Back in 2022, Russia has made attempts to involve foreign forces in the fighting in Ukraine, when the Russian command began to realize that the war would not be a quick one, but rather the opposite. The high level of casualties even then created a relative problem in terms of the proportion of forces and means needed for defense and offensive.

Today, more than 550,000 Russian troops are involved in Ukraine, which is three times more than in 2022, at the beginning of the full-scale invasion. However, during this period, the advance of the Russian military in the offensive slowed down 80 times, and losses increased almost 10 times.
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