Kim Jong-un admits North Korean troops clearing landmines for Russia (www.theguardian.com)
from HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works to world@lemmy.world on 13 Dec 06:42
https://sh.itjust.works/post/51505178

North Korea sent troops to clear mines in Russia’s Kursk region earlier this year, leader Kim Jong-un said in a speech carried on Saturday by state media, a rare acknowledgement by Pyongyang of the deadly tasks assigned to its deployed soldiers.

According to South Korean and western intelligence agencies, North Korea has sent thousands of troops to support Russia’s nearly four-year invasion of Ukraine.

Analysts say Russia is giving North Korea financial aid, military technology, food and energy supplies in return, allowing the diplomatically isolated nation to sidestep tough international sanctions on its nuclear and missile programmes.

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alias_qr_rainmaker@lemmy.world on 13 Dec 07:35 next collapse

to support Russia’s nearly four-year invasion of Ukraine.

jesus, it really has been that long, hasn’t it?

mustbe3to20signs@feddit.org on 13 Dec 08:49 next collapse

Three days according to Russian time measurement

alias_qr_rainmaker@lemmy.world on 13 Dec 09:16 next collapse

Nothing to see here, comrade, just routine military exercise. Should take one weekend.

Visstix@lemmy.world on 13 Dec 10:12 collapse

3.7 days. not great, not terrible.

Tja@programming.dev on 13 Dec 12:35 collapse

How many scaramuccis?

menas@lemmy.wtf on 13 Dec 12:52 collapse

No, military actions started with the occupation of Crimea in 2014. So not 3, but 11 years ago

alias_qr_rainmaker@lemmy.world on 13 Dec 12:57 next collapse

i knew russia’s military was trash but DAMN 11 years and they’re still in this quagmire? they make us americans look responsible

JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz on 13 Dec 14:38 collapse

They did have a shoddy ceasefire agreement from 2015 onwards where the “little green men” totally not anything to do with Russia fought in Donbas, until Russia invaded properly again in 2022. So technically 11 years 9 months, but seriously only for around four.

rayyy@piefed.social on 13 Dec 14:07 collapse

Any agreement, treaty or capitulation will serve Russia a better staging point for its next “Special Operation”.

Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works on 13 Dec 19:09 collapse

At this point when my daughter is a teenager she will probably start hearing about special military operations in Poland.

bobs_monkey@lemmy.zip on 13 Dec 07:49 next collapse

What, with their feet?

Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 13 Dec 09:12 next collapse

That’s why the soldier is much lower in the photo.

pulsewidth@lemmy.world on 13 Dec 12:56 next collapse
0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 13 Dec 16:58 collapse

Both feet and brains deployed on the ground.

Uruanna@lemmy.world on 13 Dec 19:00 collapse

“Here’s your equipment” hands a pair of boots

HazardousBanjo@lemmy.world on 13 Dec 18:38 collapse

Inb4 all the tankies show up and say this is Western propaganda while also including the same data in their arguments that NK is actually a totally free country and its citizens totally freely leave the country all the time and keep all the profit they make outside the country for themselves.

That they’re never exploited by their leader who also happened s to be democratically elected every year. But also he’s a dictator but only a dictator because its the West’s fault.

Also the concentration camps he sends his people to are the West’s fault too.