A pretend army ID found on a captured North Korean soldier in Kursk Oblast was issued within the title of an actual resident of the Russian republic of Tyva (Tuva).
Supply: Russian publication Agentstvo. Information
Navy ID discovered on North Korean PoW. Photograph: Volodymyr Zelenskyy on social media
Particulars: One of many two captured North Korean troopers, as reported by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Ukraine's Safety Service on 11 January, carried a army ID card bearing the title Antonin Aranchin, a Tyva native born in October 1998. The doc reveals his birthplace (Turan, Tyva) and civilian occupation (tailor). The army ID card doesn’t embody the holder's portrait, date, or signature.
The investigation by Agentstvo.Information revealed that the info of an actual Russian citizen was used to create the pretend id.
The publication found within the private knowledge leaks a Tyva resident with the identical surname, title, patronymic, and start date. There is just one individual in Russia with such knowledge. The only distinction in his private data is his hometown: his army ID exhibits Turan, while Aranchin's passport exhibits Erzin (additionally in Tyva).
No connection between Aranchin and the tailoring enterprise might be discovered within the leaks. In 2020, he labored within the forestry of Tes-Khemsky District of the Tyva Republic (no place was specified). In 2023, in an software for a microloan, he acknowledged that he labored as a safety guard in a grocery retailer, and in different purposes from the identical yr, he acknowledged that he was a pensioner. The microloans, in keeping with the leaks, have been repeatedly denied after a creditworthiness evaluation.
The final software for a microloan (RUB7,000, or approx. US$68) made by Aranchin is dated 24 February 2024.
The information company was unable to contact Aranchin utilizing the telephone numbers discovered within the knowledge leaks. It was additionally inconceivable to contact his sister, who lives in Tyva. He and his sister haven’t used their VKontakte social media pages in over a decade.
Background:
- On 11 January, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the State Safety Service reported that Ukrainian troopers had captured two North Korean troopers in Kursk Oblast.
- The Particular Operation Forces troopers confirmed a video of how they captured and transported a North Korean soldier from Russia. The opposite Korean soldier was proven to the Air Assault troops.
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