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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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[–] [email protected] 25 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 hours ago

I mean why wouldn't they?

Koreans have no beef with Ukraine. They're fighting in a war for a paycheck.

But they're probably seeing wartorn Ukraine, with bombed out buildings and roads, and going, "Well shit this place looks better than home" and leaving.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 9 hours ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

Soooo… is it a world war yet?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 7 hours ago

World special military operation

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 hours ago

World scuffle

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 hours ago

No, but getting there.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 hours ago

You can tell Russia's desperate because they've got the North Koreans involved.

[–] [email protected] 74 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 11 hours ago (4 children)

You can't serve Scandinavian food to prisonners it is forbidden by the Geneva convention.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

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 I've tried or heard of tasted or sounded delicious.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

There's more to Scandinavian food than lutefisk, y'know.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

Married into a Scandinavian family. Scandinavian baked goods are amazing.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Because it causes Stockholm syndrome?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 hours ago

I was kind of on board with that idea, but now i'm100% on board

[–] [email protected] 32 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

If meatballs and mashed potatoes with lingonberry sauce are against the Geneva convention it's probably time we had on Oslo convention.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 hours ago

Smorgasbord all day every day would be Tortute!

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