A surrendering North Korean soldier risked his life by refusing to drop his sausage at gunpoint, according to the Ukrainian paratroopers who captured him...

"I didn't even know who we were fighting against," the captured soldier from Pyongyang told Ukraine's Security Service.

Around 1,000 North Korean soldiers have been killed and 3,000 wounded while fighting in Russia’s war against Ukraine, the BBC’s Russian service reported Wednesday, citing unnamed Western officials. North Korea is believed to have sent thousands of troops last fall to help the Russian military drive out Ukrainian forces that are occupying the

Polissia paratroopers from the 95th Separate Air Assault Brigade captured the wounded North Korean soldier. In a video, the soldiers detailed how the capture unfolded. Read also: North Korean troops unknowingly sent to Ukraine war,

Ukrainian forces detailed the capture of a North Korean soldier on the western Kursk front in Russia on Tuesday.

Soldiers of the 95th Separate Air Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine told the details of how they captured a North Korean soldier in the Kursk region. The North Korean soldier was wounded and tried to commit suicide,