'F***ing Chinese': Russian soldiers heard condemning North Korean troops in leaked audio

Russian soldiers "have no idea what to do" with the transferred North Korean soldiers as they were heard using racist slang for the North Koreans in a leaked audio clip.

According to a report by CNN, an audio clip obtained by the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine was released on Friday (Oct 25) in which a few Russian soldiers were heard calling the North Korean soldiers "f***ing Chinese.''

The Russian soldiers talked disdainfully about the incoming North Korean soldiers as they named them "K Battalion" in the intercepted audio clip.

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In the same audio, a Russian serviceman was heard describing another who was assigned to meet and talk to the North Korean soldiers who had already reached Russia.

“And he’s like standing there with his eyes out, like… f**k. He came here and said what the f**k to do with them,” the serviceman said while talking to other Russian soldiers.

The Defense Intelligence of Ukraine said the audio was intercepted from encrypted Russian transmission channels on the night of October 23.

The intercepts, as per the CNN report, also revealed plans to have one interpreter and three senior officers for every 30 North Korean men. Russian soldiers were heard slamming the plane.

“The only thing I don’t understand is that there should be three senior officers for 30 people. Where do we get them? We’ll have to pull them out,” a Russian serviceman was heard saying.

A different extract of the same conversation revealed another Russian serviceman saying, “I’m f***ing telling you, there are 77 battalion commanders coming in tomorrow, there are commanders, deputy commanders and so on.”

The leaked audio comes just a day after Ukraine's military intelligence announced on Thursday (Oct 24) that a group of North Korean soldiers had been spotted in Russia's Kursk region.

(With inputs from agencies)