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MicroWave@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

North Korean troops deserting Ukraine frontline days after arrival: Report

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North Korean troops deserting Ukraine frontline days after arrival: Report

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MicroWave@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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At least 18 soldiers provided to Putin by Kim Jong Un were said to have abandoned their positions after arriving to the front, Ukrainian media reports.
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  • DaddleDew@lemmy.world
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    Imagine living in a 1950’s time bubble. You are being constantly told through propaganda that your military force is cutting edge and that it can easily overwhelm any enemy.

    Then you are being sent to fight on a battlefield where everyone has better gear than you, where you are confronted to weapons that are so far advanced beyond anything that you’ve ever seen they might as well be magic. Then you see said weapons completely obliterate your comrades without giving you a chance to even see the enemy who operates them.

    You only obeyed so far because you feared what your government might do to you if you didn’t. Now you’ve found something that you fear even more.

    • Num10ck@lemmy.world
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      imagine them seeing the drone for the first time.

      • P00ptart@lemmy.world
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        Hearing

        • Wispy2891@lemmy.world
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          For the first and last time 😟

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            🌻

          • WhatYouNeed@lemmy.world
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            Hey (pointing skywards), is that a dro…

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          Not sure they even hear them. I’ve watched 1,000 Russians die, clueless anything was targeting them.

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            Some, it depends how high they are. I’ve also seen a lot of em being chased. It’s good for the lulz.

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      You’re also used to standing around guarding a border all the time, not experiencing actual combat at all.

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        And by “guarding the border” it really means “shooting anyone trying to escape”

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      Please write this novel.

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      you are confronted by* weapons

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      Hi Kim, me and my whole family wants to def … go to Ukraine and die for you!!

      The whole family!

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      I just hope they are all single and don’t have families left.

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    North Korean battle theme in Ukraine:

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    This is great news. OTOH, these deserters condemned 3 generations of their family back home.

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    The best news.

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    I’ll file this under “Most Easily Predicted Outcome.”

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    Yeah they’ll do that. You gotta make people want to stay

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    Hm…

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    probably their best safest chance to defect

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    I’m not sure I trust any of these claims. The sources are all Ukrainian which means they are highly likely to be war propaganda at worst and heavily biased at best. No matter what anyone’s preconceptions about North Korea or Russia may be, independent verification is needed to know if any this is true.

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