Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Ukraine will be forced to fight against North Korean troops should they enter the conflict.

In an evening address posted on Telegram, Zelenskyy said North Korean forces could appear on the battlefield “any day now.”

“Ukraine will be forced to actually fight against North Korea in Europe,” he said, adding: “These are the conditions when the lack of partners’ stronger decisions in support of Ukraine only encourages Putin to invest further in terror.”

Zelenskyy also called on Western allies to ramp up pressure on Russia, saying he expected more support.

  • Flying SquidM
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    1824 days ago

    I thought they were already in combat. Didn’t a bunch of them surrender recently?

    • @[email protected]
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      1724 days ago

      Watching your Russian translator get blown in half from a DJI drone with an RPG strapped to it tends to drive down the morale of new troups.

    • @[email protected]
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      1624 days ago

      The latest info on the 18 North Korean deserters is that they were stationed in a forest without any command or supplies for 4 days and left their post because the alternative was starvation. They were picked up by the Russians soon after.

      • Flying SquidM
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        624 days ago

        Thanks.

        You’d think they’d be used to that alternative by now.

      • Flying SquidM
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        724 days ago

        I can’t find the info now, but I really thought someone posted an article a few days ago about it. Unless my bad memory is acting up again.

        • @jaybone
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          824 days ago

          No, you are absolutely correct.

          There was a story about this just one or two weeks ago.

          Then within the last few days there was a new story they are training 3000 NK troops in Russia. Maybe they didn’t train the first batch enough lol.

          • Flying SquidM
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            124 days ago

            Thank you. The closer I get to 50, the less I trust my brain.