Russian soldiers train North Koreans on the front lines

Russian soldiers have been filmed providing battlefield training to North Korean troops and language lessons, where some of Kim Jong Un’s men picked up swear words.

In one video a small group of soldiers from Pyongyang preparing to go to the front lines is shown by Moscow’s military instructors how to lay landmines.

The training is interrupted when the North Koreans wearing Russian uniformsdon’t seem to understand what to do.

A fresh-faced soldier points to a word on a sheet and asks his Russian trainer how to pronounce it, in footage from November 5.

“Sla-slavo?” he asks, trying to pronounce the Russian word for “weak” or “gently.”

“Slabo,” the Russian answers. “(With a) B.”

I’m trying to make friends

In an October video, a Russian soldier is filmed trying to befriend a North Korean, who rudely brushes him off.

The fighter, who says he comes from Russian-occupied territory Georgian territory of Abkhaziaasks: “You, me, Abkhazia, Korea, friends?”

“I don’t care,” the North Korean replies, as laughter can be heard off camera.

Last month, a South Korean intelligence official revealed that Russia taught North Korean soldiers about 100 basic military terms, such as “back to your position,” “fire” and “launch.”

In an intercepted telephone conversation released by Ukrainian intelligence in OctoberRussian soldiers expressed doubts about whether there would be enough interpreters for the foreign troops under their command.

A Russian officer was heard promising that one interpreter would be assigned to each group of 30 North Korean soldiers, a claim that other Russians participating in the call sounded skeptical about.

The US confirmed this on Tuesday North Korean forces had begun combat operations against Ukrainian forces.

State Department spokesman Vedant Patel said: “More than 10,000 North Korean soldiers have been deployed to eastern Russia, and most of them have moved to the far western Kursk Oblast, where they have begun combat operations with Russian troops. .”