Captured Russian soldier says North Koreans opened fire on his unit
www.newsweek.com
Pyongyang will get food, technology and weapons for its contribution to Russia's war effort against Ukraine.

A Russian soldier has spoken of how North Korean troops deployed to fight against Ukraine endangered their own unit by shooting in the wrong direction.

  • RaoulDook@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    10 days ago

    I mean, really how do you expect Koreans who’ve been forced to live under complete media censorship and everything for life to be able to tell apart different nationalities of Slavic white people? If they’re not like waving a Russian flag or something

  • PugJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    10 days ago

    Yeah, blue on blue incidents are common in war, and the less coordinated units are, the more likely it is to happen. I imagine the NK units are not well-integrated into the Russian command structure, so this is really something that they should have been expecting after haphazardly tossing NK units into combat mixed in near Russian units. Fucking idiots.

  • boreengreen@lemm.ee
    7·
    10 days ago

    This russian might be confused. This is called blocking troops. They are there to stop you from retreating. They are north korean so they wont have an issue shooting at fellow russians.

  • Kokesh@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    10 days ago

    Can they organize some sort of audience with putin for them? I’m sure it would end well for the civilized world!

  • circuscritic@lemmy.ca
    62·
    10 days ago

    Reminder that Newsweek is a hollowed out rag. They are at the end stage of the private equity news buyout process.

    When everything of value has been squeezed and extracted, the only thing left is the brand name, which is then sold because it’s the last thing of value, simply because it retains semblance of namere cognition for what it used to be.

    They just published a story last week saying that Green Party candidates actually pull votes from Republican candidates. I wish I was joking.

    Point is, this story could be true and I would have no problem believing it…if it was published by a credible outlet. In fact, if it is accurate, I expect to see more reputable outlets covering it soon, which I look forward to reading.

    Until then, I’ll mentally file it alongside the tabloid headlines I skim when checking out at the grocery store.

    On a related note, Perun’s most recent video covering North Korea’s role in the wider Ukraine conflict was phenomenal, per usual. Definitely worth watching, if you haven’t already.