North Korea Offers 100,000 Troops To Help Russia Fight Ukraine

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Not sure how likely this is to happen, probably just more Russian dezinformatsiya but who knows? North Korea sent the Fifth Brigade to Zimbabwe to kill off the Ndebele opposition to Mugabe. They reputedly killed at least 5000 at least. Doubt they'd be much use in Ukraine though, the Ukrainians have already destroyed Chechens and Wagner mercenaries.

 

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Not sure how likely this is to happen, probably just more Russian dezinformatsiya but who knows? North Korea sent the Fifth Brigade to Zimbabwe to kill off the Ndebele opposition to Mugabe. They reputedly killed at least 5000 at least. Doubt they'd be much use in Ukraine though, the Ukrainians have already destroyed Chechens and Wagner mercenaries.

Would that even work? They'd be exposed to the Western information and technology.

 

[Walt]

Russia has access to more soldiers than just about any other country, and yet they cannot get enough soldiers to fight this war? The problem seems to be that Putin is terrified to have a general mobilization.

 

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Would that even work? They'd be exposed to the Western information and technology.

They'd also be exposed to blue eyed blondes that would stick a knife in their ribs without blinking.

 

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Russia has access to more soldiers than just about any other country, and yet they cannot get enough soldiers to fight this war? The problem seems to be that Putin is terrified to have a general mobilization.

They haven't that many battle hardened soldiers and they've lost many that were already. He's terrified to deploy reservists as their attrition rate would be far greater.

 

[Walt]

They haven't that many battle hardened soldiers and they've lost many that were already. He's terrified to deploy reservists as their attrition rate would be far greater.

Around Spring, Ukraine will have a million troops trained and armed. They will have military experience, and be well motivated. At that point, Putin can do a general mobilization, somehow find huge numbers of foreign troops, or start losing very badly. There is no fourth choice.