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A large number of North Korean soldiers have arrived in Russia and are preparing to enter Ukraine
2024-10-19
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Courtesy of 3dc, the same video with more information:



According to the Yonhap News Agency; the National Intelligence Service of South Korea has found that over 12,000 North Korean Troops, including Special Forces, have left the Country forming into Four Combat Brigades, with them believed to be Training in Eastern Russia to soon enter the War in Ukraine.
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Posted by:Fred

#10  ^^^
Link from today's article above gives a bit validation to my assertion TW. https://rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=720478
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2024-10-19 14:18  

#9   how reliable the NORKs are

It’s the kind of culture that sends three generations of the family to the prison camps if someone gets in trouble, NoMoreBS. I suspect each of the rent-a-soldiers left behind hostages.
Posted by: trailing wife   2024-10-19 13:56  

#8  I see minefields of Kimchi jars in the future
Posted by: Frank G   2024-10-19 13:50  

#7  I will be curious to see how reliable the NORKs are once they get that a surrender to the Ukes could get them a trip westward to the EU and beyond.
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2024-10-19 13:48  

#6  ...watch out for the tree bark, it's probably heavy in iron.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2024-10-19 13:33  

#5  ...probably work for food.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2024-10-19 13:31  

#4  ^Russian form of gastarbeiters.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2024-10-19 13:30  

#3  Kinda highlights Russia's growing manpower shortage, doesn't it? This war was NOT Vlad's brightest move.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2024-10-19 12:41  

#2  Just in time for mud season, then winter.
Posted by: ed in texas   2024-10-19 08:35  

#1  Soon to attack Ukraine from 11 directions?
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2024-10-19 03:08  

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