About 8,000 North Korean soldiers are stationed in Russia on the border with Ukraine, the US secretary of state has said, warning that Moscow is preparing to deploy those troops into combat “in the coming days”.
Antony Blinken said the US believed that North Korea had sent 10,000 troops to Russia in total, deploying them first to training bases in the far east before sending the vast majority to the Kursk region on the border with Ukraine.
Blinken told a press conference that the North Korean troops had received Russian training in “artillery, UAVs [unmanned aerial vehicles], basic infantry operations, including trench clearing, indicating that they fully intend to use these forces in frontline operations”.
That’s 6 days worth of pointless extra casualties. Not cool, Kim.
Maybe this is Kim’s Golgafrinchan Ark Fleet Ship B and the troops are made up of things like telephone sanitizers.
Plus, fewer mouths to starve this way.
Ukraine should offer the North Koreans political asylum if they defect.
North Koreans are granted immediate citizenship in South Korea because, according to the South Korean constitution, all North Koreans are South Korean citizens.
They receive a lump sum payout, which has been equivalent to $20,000 USD in the past, though this payout has decreased throughout the years.
Source: https://www.crossingbordersnk.org/blog/refugees-in-south-korea/2020/10/22
They are already not allowed back (except like the generals, who know that the west is actually not a wasteland).
Huh, another country is putting boots on the ground at the frontline in support of Russia? Sounds like other countries at least approving their weapons for use by Ukraine against targets inside Russia is more than warranted - if not sending their own boots on the ground.
Pretty sure Poland would be up for it.
Sure would be interesting if Ukraine were given weapons to attack NK with. Never heard anything about NK declaring war or Ukraine declaring war due to this, but I imagine something has to happen.
Yeah, that’s definitely another outstanding question: Does this make DPRK on the Korean peninsula a legitimate military target? Do they think so, and does this make them more likely to pre-emptively break the cease-fire with South Korea? Seems like that risk is higher, considering they destroyed transportation paths to the DMZ.
Korean Soldier: So what do I have to do?
Russian General: You just run towards them until they run out of ammunition. Then we will take over.
Thursday, October 31st: About 8,000 North Korean soldiers at Ukraine border, says US
Friday, November 1st: About 7,000 North Korean soldiers at Ukraine border, says US
Saturday November 2nd: About 6,000 North Korean soldiers at Ukraine border, says US
Etc.
Iirc the Russian casualty rate was supposedly on the order of 1000 a day recently, so probably implying the former.
The numbers put out by Ukraine have been 1000+ consistently for quite a while now.
