Capture

• Pemimpin tersebut untuk pertama kalinya menyebutkan upaya ekstrem yang dilakukan pasukan agar tidak jatuh ke tangan musuh saat berperang untuk Rusia • Kim Jong-un melontarkan pujian kepada tentara Korea Utara yang meledakkan diri dengan granat guna menghindari penangkapan saat melawan pasukan Ukraina di wilayah Kursk barat Rusia, yang mengonfirmasi keberadaan kebijakan medan perang yang ekstrem tersebut. • Bukti yang terus bertambah, termasuk dari laporan intelijen dan kesaksian para pembelot, menunjukkan bahwa tentara Korea Utara secara eksplisit diperintahkan untuk melakukan detonasi diri atau bentuk bunuh diri lainnya agar tidak tertangkap oleh musuh.

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