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.

  • @blackbelt352
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    3 days ago

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

    • The Quuuuuill
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      583 days 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

        • The Quuuuuill
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          173 days 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