Russia Issues Fake IDs to Hide North Korean Troops’ Presence
22 December, 2024 Document of a North Korean serviceman. Photo credits: SOF. Russia is trying to conceal the presence of military personnel from North Korea by issuing them false documents.
The press service of the Special Operations Forces of Ukraine (SOF) reported on this. The SOF seized a number of military documents, according to decrypted data, the real names of the killed North Koreans are Ban Gook-jin, Lee Dae-hyuk, and Cho Chol-ho. According to the Russian documents, they are Kim Canbolat Albertovic, Dongnk Jang Suropovic and Belek Aganak Kap-oolovic.
A document of a North Korean soldier.
Source: SOF of Ukraine.
These military cards lack all the stamps and photographs, the names are given in the Russian style, and the place of birth is signed as the Republic of Tyva. At the same time, the signatures of the document holders are in Korean, which indicates the real origin of these soldiers. "This case once again confirms that Russia is resorting to any methods to hide its losses on the battlefield and conceal the foreign presence," the press service of the SOF writes.
The Evocation.info project team analyzed a document seized from the killed North Korean military in the name of a native of the Republic of Tyva, Kim Canbolat Albertovic, born on April 13, 1997.
A document of a North Korean soldier. Source: Evocation.info.
According to the legend, private grenade launcher "Kim" was allegedly born in the village of Bayan-Tala, received a secondary technical education in 2016, worked as a roofer, and then enlisted in the Tuvan 55th Mountain Motor Rifle Brigade (military unit 55115). A person with this name and year of birth does not exist.
The only true information in the document is the owner's signature on the first page, which turned out to be Lee Dae-hyuk. The document has many inconsistencies, missing photos, mandatory entries, order numbers, signatures, and seals. For example, "Kim" has allegedly been serving since 2016, but he first received his weapon on October 10, 2024, and his personal badge (AB-175311) a day later.
On December 16, Militarnyi reported that the soldiers of the 17th Separate Heavy Mechanized Brigade, together with adjacent units, dealt a devastating blow to the North Korean infantry in the Kursk oblast.