North Korean Soldiers Captured In Russia Fear Family Execution, Defector Says
A former North Korean military sergeant has revealed that Pyongyang's soldiers deployed to Russia to fight in Ukraine fear capture more than death, as they are told their families will be executed if they are taken alive.
If North Korean soldiers fighting in Russia-Ukraine war are captured ‘their families will be executed’
"If the soldiers are captured and tell information to the enemy, their families will be punished, go to a political prison camp, or worse, they will be executed in front of the people," North Korean defector and researcher, Pak Yusung, told ABC News.
Families of North Korean troops captured in Russia 'will be executed,' former Pyongyang soldier tells ABC News
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