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© Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.N Korea has sent about 10,000 troops to Russia to likely fight against Ukraine, Pentagon says
By LORNE COOK and TARA COPP BRUSSELS©2025 GPlusMedia Inc.
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TaiwanIsNotChina
There will be some koreans captured by Ukraine, but it will all be to russia's further humiliation so it's all good.
falseflagsteve
They are there to help mop up and encircle the Ukrainians in Kursk which is Russian territory. The Russians will continue to make advances in the Donbas
Haaa Nemui
The Russians could do it themselves if they weren’t invading Ukrainian territory.
falseflagsteve
Haaa
Nowt wrong with a bit of outside help bruv. No doubt they are paying for it and not bringing out the begging bowl.
Mr Kipling
Or is this yet more Ukrainian propaganda? Not much good news to report recently.
Joe
North Korea has sent about 10,000 troops to Russia to DIE in Ukraine.
Fixed the headline
You’re welcome
stormcrow
How high is the number going to go? 50,000? 100,000?
Give the Ukrainian infantry plenty of machine guns and bullets to shoot them with.
Haaa Nemui
There is if the sole reason you can’t do it yourself is your continued invasion of foreign territories.
Primusinter
Today in Kharkiv, photos of two Colombians, two mercenaries who escaped with weapons from the location of their military unit, are hung around the city. The reason for the escape (as they complained to fellow soldiers) was violence and discrimination. I wonder where they will escape, in which direction?
wallace
The first North Korean troops have been killed.
NCIS Reruns
Probably by friendly fire.
fallaffel
No shortage of cannon fodder in Russia or NK, unfortunately. The poor guys probably would rather be anywhere else.
Underworld
Mr Kipling
No. It's from the Pentagon. It's in the article.
I think this is definitely newsworthy.
Underworld
falseflagsteve
Most likely with nuclear secrets to help NK's nuclear program.
Some dude
Probably by friendly fire.
My theory is that they're each equipped with an explosive neckband (like in the movie Battle Royale) and are monitored 247/7. One single comment that could be interpreted as critical of the Dear Leader, and boom.
TaiwanIsNotChina
Ukraine is being heinously assaulted by a country 28x larger than it. What is russia's excuse?
Underworld
Blacklabel
So you acknowledge that there are North Korean troops fighting for Russia?
So far I haven't seen any acknowledgement from JJE or Burgers and Beers. So I'm not sure where the pro-Putin's war cohort stand on this.
Underworld
Christopher
It's not against NATO. NATO aren't involved in this war. It's against Ukraine. Get it right.
Blacklabel
nah total propaganda.
nope. Just mocking all the “shovel and drunk conscripts without blankets, they are even out of missiles” posters of yesteryear.
now it’s like Russia is soooo strong, 28x the size of Ukraine, nuclear super power with a strong economy.
any excuse to explain Ukraine losing despite 200 billion dollars of “support”.
TaiwanIsNotChina
Angry that you have to fight "disinformation" about russia?
Your own statement about russia being 28x the size of Ukraine isn't nullified by your non-sequiturs?
Blacklabel
The left: “But “no proof” doesn’t mean there isnt proof, just that they don’t have it!
It’s just proof that there is no proof to be able to be proven that there is no proof”
put some croutons on THAT word salad, baby.
Underworld
Blacklabel
They do have it. They have said so.
Ukraine, South Korean intelligence, and the Pentagon say that North Korean troops are heading to fight Ukraine.
And you say that there is no proof?
Whatever. At some stage you will have to admit it.
TaiwanIsNotChina
I know you believed earnestly that there would be no invasion when russia said so, but others are less gullible.
Raw Beer
And how many soldiers have NATO countries sent to die in Ukraine?
Blacklabel
aren’t all 3 of those the same thing? Ukraine says it, South Korea repeats it and the Pentagon backs it up in a collaborated effort.
yet there is “no proof”.
is 10,000 North Koreans (with shovels?) really such a game changer either way?
TaiwanIsNotChina
Zero active duty?
Underworld
Raw Beer
None.
Underworld
Blacklabel
So you acknowledge that there are North Korean troops fighting for Russia?
OK. That statement isn't going to last...
Underworld
Eastmann
I still do not understand the motivation of the NK troop involvement denier commenters.
Underworld
Banthu
Neither can Russian troops, but they still do.
Underworld
Eastmann
So which country has announced they have sent troops to Ukraine?
Instructors aren't on the battlefield. They aren't dying for Ukraine.
Underworld
Blacklabel
I still do not understand the motivation of the NK troop involvement denier commenters.
But your position is that it isn't true. Not that you don't know.
And yet we not only have Ukraine (sure likely biased), but South Korean Intelligence and the Pentagon saying it.
None that I saw.
Underworld
Eastmann
I'm not so naive to think that Ukraine isn't a dangerous place. Russia targets civilians all they time.
Primusinter
The protest meeting of the "Georgian pro-American opposition", as reported, ended, people dispersed, because the payment was hourly))) But the snipers who came to Georgia from Ukraine are still in place. So provocations are still expected.It's good that the NK troops are not far away in the Kursk region :)))) What do your insiders report? There is nothing on the Russian Internet. But Zelensky promised that on October 28-29 they would appear at the front. He couldn't cheat! LOL:))))))
Sven Asai
Take care anyway not to overdo, theoretically Kim could save his troops from being massively attacked or killed by preemptive nuclear intercontinental missiles. He, and even more his sister, have much less self restraints on that option than for example the Kremlin and Putin.
Underworld
burgers and beers
The left: “But “no proof” doesn’t mean there isnt proof, just that they don’t have it!....They do have it. They have said so.
No, because Trump has no credibility.
I'll accept that if you don't declare that it is all propaganda like JJE and Blacklabel. If you say that you aren't convinced and don't know.
Underworld
burgers and beers
"Russia targets civilians all they time."
Yes. They do. I'm pretty sure you know that.
Primusinter
Yesterday, all Russian channels, including the official ones, showed fotos and videos of four dudes killed in the Bryansk region. A sabotage group. On the site Russians found a Canadian flag, a Polish prayer book and tattoos characteristic of some American military unit...Maybe it's a group of North Koreans in disguise? I wonder how your media commented on these pictures and videos?
Underworld
burgers and beers
No, Russia doesn't intentionally target civilians....Yes. They do. I'm pretty sure you know that.
It's not, but maybe you are ignorant of the facts.
Civilians in Kherson are constantly attacked by drones as soon as they go outside.
JJE
The collective west endorsed the set of events that led to the South East's independence.
Underworld
burgers and beers
No, because Trump has no credibility."
No. I never said they were.
There are credible sources like South Korean Intelligence and the Pentagon. It was the Pentagon that said that Putin would invade in the first place, when many, many people were saying that he wouldn't.
Good to see that you aren't in the denier camp. But the Pentagon has been pretty credible.
Underworld
Christopher
Nope. That is not why this war started.
Putin didn't invade Ukraine in 2022 because he feared NATO. He invaded because he believed that NATO was weak, that his efforts to regain control of Ukraine by other means had failed, and that installing a pro-Russian government in Kyiv would be safe and easy. His aim was not to defend Russia against some non-existent threat but rather to expand Russia's power, eradicate Ukraine's statehood, and destroy NATO, goals he still pursues.
No NATO nation has officially sent troops. Foreign policy is about declarations.
NATO's newest member is Sweden. Pretty sure they aren't involved.