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North Korean troops set to join Russian army as Pyongyang ‘fully enters’ war (www.telegraph.co.uk)

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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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[-] WanderingVentra@lemm.ee 28 points 1 month ago

Why fight die for some other country's pointless war? If I was there, I'd leave, too.

I'd also encourage any US troops who are sent off to fight for Israel in the future to do the same lol.

[-] Mubelotix@jlai.lu 18 points 1 month ago

Because someone's watching you with a gun to your head. Deserting is hard

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 month ago

But also you're holding a gun.

[-] Maalus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

So your idea is to heroically kill a blocking batallion by yourself by turning around. So now there are Ukrainians wanting to kill you in the rear, and Russians wanting to kill you in the front. Said Russians also have a firepower advantage over you in the form of artillery that they can throw at deserters too. They have air support, reserves and military police that can quash any deserters.

Unless half the army walks with you, you having a gun doesn't mean shit.

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 month ago

No, the grunts should just kill their officers and surrender to Ukraine ideally. They could go back towards Russia if they wanted to take that risk, because it's not an impenetrable wall like you're implying. It's still a risk though. Probably better odds than fighting though if they don't agree with the war.

[+] Randomgal@lemmy.ca -7 points 1 month ago

This is very naive. Deserting cucks you over. If the world followed your logic we'd have world peace 500 years ago.

[-] Lightor@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's not naive. I've served in the military. You don't constantly have a massive army behind you telling you to push forward. You're sent out in squads. Patriotism and brotherhood is how this has always been overcome, because war is scary and hard. I don't see the people of NK feeling much of either if they aren't taken care of and are finding out how much they were lied to.

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

It isn't naive, there's just a lot of reasons why it isn't done. Most people have families back home, for example, and they'll face consequences if you do this. It does happen though. It's rare, but it's possible.

[-] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

In any other situation I would agree with you, but are you confident that deserting the Russian army fucks you over more than living in North Korea does? Because I'm not really sure.

[-] Mad_Punda@feddit.org 5 points 1 month ago

Because your family back home will be in for it.

[-] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Ah but Russia isn't keeping track of its own losses anyway, easy to slip away and they assume you're dead.

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