North Korean troops are being treated as “expendable,” ordered to take on “hopeless assaults against Ukrainian defenses,” National Security Council official John Kirby said.

Summary

The U.S. claims Russia is deploying North Korean soldiers in Ukraine, using them in “human wave” assaults against Ukrainian defenses.

North Korean soldiers are reportedly being treated as expendable, with some choosing suicide over capture due to fear of reprisal against their families.

Ukraine reports significant casualties among North Korean troops, with some allegedly killed by their own comrades to prevent capture.

  • @blackbelt352English
    116•1 month ago

    It’s worse they’re scared the government will go after their families. It’s not fear for themselves.

    • The QuuuuuillEnglish
      58•1 month ago

      it’s both. they see no positive path to a positive outcome for anyone. and that’s the point of the kind of terror regimes like north korea and russia implement. the more terror you keep a person under all the time, the easier it is to give them an apparent strong man who claims to deliver them from the terror he implements

      • @[email protected]English
        18•1 month ago

        Ironic that the strongman they’re fighting for is callously throwing their lives away.

        • The QuuuuuillEnglish
          17•1 month ago

          that’s what the strong men do. they promise to keep you safe from the terror they implement, but for you to be scared, there must be real risk of your death