• @[email protected]
    link
    fedilink
    English
    611 month ago

    Ukraine has had a “no mercenaries” policy IIRC, if NK troops are seen as mercenaries then maybe it’ll legitimize Ukraine shopping for manpower.

    • @weeeeum
      link
      English
      501 month ago

      I’m actually incredibly surprised Ukraine hasn’t already. Russia has been using mercenaries the entire war, the involvement of north Korea is just a huge escalation.

      I feel like it’d beat conscripting prisoners.

      • @[email protected]
        link
        fedilink
        English
        111 month ago

        They do have multi-national volunteers fighting right from the beginning. Enough to form a few brigades with them. The difficulty with them is the language barrier. Hard to lay out a battle plan and give orders if you need multiple translators to do it.

    • Flax
      link
      fedilink
      English
      01 month ago

      Didn’t Ukraine not have people coming over from the likes of the UK to fight and such?

      • @[email protected]
        link
        fedilink
        English
        41 month ago

        Yes there have been entire brigades stood up of British and US volunteers from the beginning. And they still exist today. We just hear as much about them in the news anymore.

      • @[email protected]
        link
        fedilink
        English
        121 days ago

        They fought in the Ukrainian Foreign Legion. Which is distinct from mercenaries AIUI because Ukraine is 100% in charge of the chain of command and takes full responsibility for their actions.