Ukraine targets North Korean troops with psychological warfare (www.newsweek.com)
from MicroWave@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 13 Dec 12:01
https://lemmy.world/post/23091615

Summary

Ukraine is using psychological warfare to target North Korean troops fighting for Russia, urging them to surrender through the “I Want to Live” campaign.

This initiative, which previously encouraged Russian soldiers to defect, now includes Korean-language leaflets and videos instructing North Korean troops on how to safely surrender.

Up to 12,000 North Korean soldiers have reportedly been deployed to Russia’s Kursk region, with some killed in the conflict.

In return for their support, Russia is supplying fighter jets to North Korea, heightening geopolitical tensions.

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gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works on 13 Dec 12:38 next collapse

Oh wait. NK is getting fighters? I thought it was just missiles and trade goods and so on.

Edit: yeah - tracked down some other articles indicating MiG-29s and Su-27s - many of which are still crates of parts, which NK wants to assemble (and, tbh, probably try to reverse engineer to some degree) themselves

Shawdow194@fedia.io on 13 Dec 13:08 next collapse

Russia is getting NK fighters

HK65@sopuli.xyz on 13 Dec 13:57 collapse

NK fighters are just super, super old Russian jets tho.

Anyway, at this rate they will be flying biplanes by the next decade.

andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works on 13 Dec 15:26 next collapse

They mean troops.

Shawdow194@fedia.io on 13 Dec 18:17 collapse

Indeed, NK fighter aircraft are paper mache based

HK65@sopuli.xyz on 13 Dec 19:41 collapse

Nah, they were top of the line fighters in like 1970. They are supersonic and everything. The problem is just that, for example, a lot of their fighters have radars that can’t really see aircraft that are below them with the ground as backdrop.

They apparently have some MiG-29s, which is basically the tech level that is flying around in Ukraine on both sides, except the stuff that is in Ukraine has been modernized like 4 times since the type first flew in 1983, I doubt the NK fighters were.

Shawdow194@fedia.io on 13 Dec 19:53 collapse

They just actually got MiG29s and SU-27s. It's gonna be awhile before they are trained to fly them properly

And from what we've seen on the ground (or air) in Ukraine they are NOT going to be 5th gen retrofitted jets

HK65@sopuli.xyz on 13 Dec 23:16 collapse

Wikipedia claimed the 29s from sources that are years old. IDK though, not like it really matters, NK is basically a Chinese buffer state, any war one is involved in brings the other in.

Those old MiG-21 derivatives will make for nice NCD memes though.

You can’t get a lock on an American jet because of their stealth features.

I can’t because I don’t even have a look-down/shoot-down radar.

We are not the same.

RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world on 13 Dec 21:33 collapse

Return of the Night Witches!

crank0271@lemmy.world on 13 Dec 13:15 collapse

Really just some sandwiches would be great

RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world on 13 Dec 21:35 collapse

And maybe some Ukrainian Barley Wine?

Shawdow194@fedia.io on 13 Dec 13:08 next collapse

Good! Morale wins wars

IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 13 Dec 13:10 next collapse

Leaflets are back! Back to the good ol’ days of the World Wars.

/s

Gork@lemm.ee on 13 Dec 14:32 next collapse

Not enough attention is being paid by world leaders that North Korean troops are fighting on European soil.

Buelldozer@lemmy.today on 13 Dec 15:12 next collapse

The reaction over that is heavily tempered by the fact that the North Koreans are staying inside Russia. If they were in Ukraine I’m pretty sure the reaction would be much different.

catloaf@lemm.ee on 14 Dec 03:32 collapse

From what I’ve heard, “fighting” is a very generous description of what they’re capable of.

1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca on 13 Dec 19:53 collapse

should of been called “I want a better Life than home” campaign.