I russi bruciano i volti dei nordcoreani morti per tenerli segreti: Zelenskyy

Russian forces are burning the faces of North Korean soldiers killed in assaults on Ukrainian positions to conceal their identities and keep secret their deployment to help Russia in its war, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Zelenskyy said on Saturday that Russia had begun using North Koreans in significant numbers for the first time to assault Ukrainian positions & his forces released images and videos of what it said were the bodies of North Koreans soldiers, among some 200 killed and wounded in Russia’s Kursk region.

“While being trained, they were forbidden to show their faces. Russian military tried to delete video evidence. Now, after battles with our guys, Russians are also trying to… literally burn faces of the dead North Korean soldiers,” sharing a 30-second video as evidence.

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If true, then it’s all on point with the Russians for whom *the cruelty is the point.*

No qualms at all about dishonoring the dead even when they’re Nоrkѕ.

Just makes it easier for Ukraine to spot them now

Any enemy soldiers with burnt faces are north Korean

Aaaaand thusly further identifying them as SK fodder.

Imagine receiving such an order though, fucking hell. Lower than scum

How ghoulish.