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North Korean troops set to join Russian army as Pyongyang ‘fully enters’ war

www.telegraph.co.uk

A battalion of 3,000 North Korean soldiers will shortly join Russian troops in fighting Ukraine, marking Pyongyang’s full entry into the war.

Intelligence sources said the unit has been secretly training in Russia’s Far East ahead of deployment as part of a Russian airborne regiment.

“They are called the Buryat Battalion,” a senior Ukrainian military source told Politico. Buryatia is a remote region of Russia bordering Mongolia that the Kremlin has targeted heavily for military recruitment.

The Kyiv Independent quoted another Western intelligence source claiming that North Korea had sent 10,000 soldiers to join the Russian army.

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Ok, it's only fair if Poland gets to join too.
- Better give Poland some nukes for parity
  
  If the invasion of Ukraine hasn't taught everyone that the only way to not get invaded is to have nukes I don't know what will.
- Send the Poles, they're itching for it
- Hey, in that case let's leave some room for South Korea to join in liberating Ukraine too!
- Let the war crimes roll.
  
  Wut?
Any North Korean soldiers captured should be held prisoner in some Scandinavian prison and fed nothing but the most decadent and tasty foods. Then when the war is over send them back to NK fatter than Kim Jon Un. That would be a real power play.
- You can't serve Scandinavian food to prisonners it is forbidden by the Geneva convention.
  
  If meatballs and mashed potatoes with lingonberry sauce are against the Geneva convention it's probably time we had on Oslo convention.
  
  Because it causes Stockholm syndrome?
  
  You're thinking of Scandinavian regional delicacies and certain seasonal special dishes, none of which I've ever had the misfortune of smelling, and serving those to prisoners does sound pretty inhumane. All Scandinavian food outside of those that I've tried or heard of tasted or sounded delicious.
  
  There's more to Scandinavian food than lutefisk, y'know.
Lmao, I just saw an article on here about NK soldiers abandoning the front lines. That didn't last long
- Why fight die for some other country's pointless war? If I was there, I'd leave, too.
  I'd also encourage any US troops who are sent off to fight for Israel in the future to do the same lol.
  
  Because someone's watching you with a gun to your head. Deserting is hard
  
  Because your family back home will be in for it.
Ukraine's about to get a lot of defectors...
- Unfortunately many North Koreans already leave the country to work as slaves for construction companies, factories, etc (including in Europe). Generally they only allow people out who have families back home to be tortured/killed in case they defect.
  They will probably get some, but less than you might expect.
  
  There's a pretty big difference between construction work and human wave tactics in a warzone. Different levels of motivation to defect.
What Russia likes about North Korean Soldiers in Ukraine: Manpower!
What North Korea likes about North Korean Soldiers in Ukraine: Money!
What North Korean Soldiers like about North Korean Soldiers in Ukraine: Freedom!
The great Russian army. The great russian army with the best weapons and tanks and soldiers.
What a paper tiger.
BTW it's rumored that they are running out of both tanks and bmps. If trump doesn't win (if he does, it will just take longer) the whole russia will collapse like the soviet union did in 1991. The ruble is already in free fall, inflation at 20%, the economy is overheating and fewer and fewer young people left to work or be killed.
I just hope it crumbles as soon as possible but I guess this insane war has to drag on for some 6 months to a year.
- BTW it’s rumored that they are running out of both tanks and bmps.
  I feel like people have been saying this for about 2 years. We should believe it when we see it.
  
  Look Up covert cabal on YouTube. He works together with a guy called himarsed to painstakingly count tanks, bumps and other stuff on commercial satellite imagery and regularly posts updates on the Russian arsenals. And they are pretty empty now
With the current attrition rate of Russian forces, these 3K troops will likely be expended in ~2.3 days..
What a great opportunity for those north Koreans to defect to Europe
Soooo… is it a world war yet?
- World special military operation
- No, but getting there.
- No, but the anthems are playing and the players are doing a warm up.
  Captain Blackadder : You see, Baldrick, in order to prevent war in Europe, two superblocs developed: us, the French and the Russians on one side, and the Germans and Austro-Hungary on the other. The idea was to have two vast opposing armies, each acting as the other's deterrent. That way there could never be a war.
  Private Baldrick : But, this is a sort of a war, isn't it, sir?
  Captain Blackadder : Yes, that's right. You see, there was a tiny flaw in the plan.
  Private Baldrick : What was that, sir?
  Captain Blackadder : It was bollocks.
- World scuffle
- Concepts of a world war.
- Don't worry, it will only last 3 days
You can tell Russia's desperate because they've got the North Koreans involved.
I wonder how many of them are going to just defect?
- So far 18 of the advance party. Unverified by Russia and North Korea though.
So one intelligence source says 10,000 have already been sent, and another says 3,000 will soon be sent.
These are just rumours. Inconsistent rumours.
This is clickbait for a paywalled article.
- Another story I saw says that North Korean troops were spotted in the Russian military. How could an observer know they were Korean? Were they wearing a Korean uniform? And if so, why haven’t we seen any photos of that? Ukrainians have cameras, right?
  Is this just a case of Ukrainians not being able to tell the difference between Buryats and Koreans?
  Edit: Come to think of it, it’s more likely a case of Americans not being able to tell the difference between Buryats and Koreans.
  I can only imagine their shock when they eventually learn that Russia, a country that spans all of north Asia, has Asians in it.
  
  Part of me thinks “Surely American military intelligence must know there are different ethnic groups in Russia”.
  But then I remember how the invasion of Iraq happened in part because the Americans didn’t understand the difference between Shia and Sunni Iraqis.
If Putin does something stupid that elicits a direct response from the U.S., Kim will regret going all-in on this. We could use a good excuse to make the NK problem go away.
Man this three day special military operation has kind of gotten out of hand.
Hahaha
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Regerts .... The average height is 5ft 4in in North Korea. In Ukraine that's 5ft 8in. Not that it's super important, but it could be.
Also imagine coming regretfully into some else's war and having to walk around a whole bunch of blow-up buildings full of dead ruzzians. If that doesn't double up regerts I don't know what else other than getting injured might.

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