35/ "We had no choice but to retreat, and as we did, another drone attacked, killing one or two of the men who were helping me. I was the only one who survived."

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34/ "We had to hide in a secure area we had already taken over. But around 3 AM, the Ukrainian forces showed up in armoured vehicles, firing machine guns and sending soldiers into our position.

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32/ After Ri and his squad were spotted by a Ukrainian reconnaissance drone, the Ukrainians opened fire and shot all three men. A badly injured Ri was the only survivor. He lost consciousness, but awoke hours later and made contact with another North Korean unit.

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29/ For both Ri and Baek, drones were the greatest threat they faced. Ri claims that the Koreans "shot them down. Russian troops often talked about drone threats, advising us to hide or flee. But our army’s marksmanship is strong—we just shot them down."https://t.co/JrdqYYnNI3

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29/ For both Ri and Baek, drones were the greatest threat they faced. Ri claims that the Koreans "shot them down. Russian troops often talked about drone threats, advising us to hide or flee. But our army’s marksmanship is strong—we just shot them down."

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Baek found himself unable to move due to shrapnel wounds in his legs. He lost consciousness before he could detonate himself, as required by North Korean army protocol. He was found five days later by Ukrainian special forces, who convinced him not to blow himself up with a grenade.

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27/ Ri went into combat on 5 January, but says that his unit suffered heavy losses due to drone strikes and artillery fire. We relied on Russian artillery support, but they fired behind enemy lines instead of covering us properly. That led to unnecessary casualties.”

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25/ Both men were critically injured within a few days of arriving on the front line. Baek was part of a 10-man North Korean unit sent in early January to block a Ukrainian supply route. They were attacked with heavy artillery and drones, killing most of the North Koreans.

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24/ Ri was one of the last in his company to be sent into combat. He says that the earlier platoons suffered heavy casualties. His own company had carried out a supporting role transporting supplies and recovering the wounded, "until we had no choice but to fight ourselves."

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23/ "Some blew themselves up [to avoid capture], leaving nothing but headless or half-torn bodies… In the dead of winter, with snow falling like this, they lay there… and the smell of blood still lingers with me."

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