North Koreans deployed alongside Russian troops in Ukraine, sources say

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North Koreans deployed alongside Russian troops in Ukraine, sources say
theguardian.com

Engineers said to be supporting missile launches and reports of North Koreans killed near Donetsk

North Korean military engineers have been deployed to help Russia target Ukraine with ballistic missiles, and North Koreans operating in occupied areas of Ukraine have already been killed, senior officials in Kyiv and Seoul said.

There are dozens of North Koreans behind Russian lines, in teams that "support launcher systems for KN-23 missiles", a source in Ukraine told the Guardian.

Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, last year travelled to Russia for a summit with Vladimir Putin where the two men bolstered their deepening ties with a secret arms deal.

Pyongyang's ammunition shipments were vital in allowing Russian forces to advance in a grinding war of attrition in eastern Ukraine this summer. But it appears increasingly clear that the agreement went beyond supplying materiel.

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I don't think that's happening anywhere. People are laughing at the desperation of Russia they're getting help from basically a pariah state

People are laughing at the desperation of Russia they’re getting help from basically a pariah state

Putin was seriously looking at the state of North Korea and thought "yeah, I can do that, I want that".

Russia is still going strong 2 years into the war… after all these western interventions that couldn’t prevent a war.

Sanctions mean nothing. Weapons mean nothing.

Victory to Russia 🇷🇺

I think Lemmygrad might be a better place for you to fuck off to.

It posts like this that motivate me to read all of the comments on the hexbear posts. Straight entertainment

Russia is still going strong 2 years into the war

You mean the special military operation that was intended to last 3 days to a week at one point?