Nearly 11,000 North Korean Troops In Russia Preparing To Enter The Fight Says Ukraine's Spy Boss

[douglas9]

There are now nearly 11,000 North Korean infantry troops training in eastern Russia to fight in Ukraine, the head of the Ukrainian Defense Intelligence Directorate (GUR) told The War Zone Thursday afternoon.

“They will be ready [to fight in Ukraine] on Nov. 1,” Lt. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov told TWZ.

The North Korean troops will be using Russian equipment and ammunition, said Budanov. The first cadre of 2,600 soldiers will go to Kursk, where Ukraine has established a heavily fought-over foothold (more on that later). It is unclear where the remaining North Korean troops will go, he added.

“We don’t have the full picture right now,” said Budanov.

Pyongyang’s forces, as we previously noted, have already been killed in Ukraine.

https://www.twz.com/news-features/nearly-11000-north-korean-troops-in-russia-preparing-to-enter-the-fight-says-ukraines-spy-boss

[phylny]

1. Poor fools. Pawns.

[marble falls]

2. Less than what Russia loses in two weeks. This is a force that hasn't seen a battlefield since the 1950s.

[RJ_MacReady]

3. Ukraine

Would have a right to attack north Korea though I don't think they have the capacity to do it.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

5. What makes you think they don't have the capacity?

They've taken territory inside Russia proper and continue to hold the majority of it.
You're wrong, Ukraine has shown that they can adapt to a changing battlefield environment quite adeptly and I expect that they'll do so again against the Norks.

[RJ_MacReady]

7. I hope so

But Russia is right next door NK is far away. Though I hope they can mount an attack on north korea they would have every right.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

8. It's not an attack on N. Korea proper,

it would be Ukraine attacking the Norks that are in Ukraine.

[RJ_MacReady]

10. yes it is

But I also think they should hit NK on their homeland.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

11. Agreed, but I think Ukraine will concentrate on wiping out the Norks in Ukraine

and give Kim pause to sending anymore cannon fodder for Russia.

[marble falls]

19. I think they'll keep pouring as much meat assault cannon fodder as they can, I've read NK is making over $20 Million ...

... a month on the mercs they've sent in already.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

21. So it' all about the money for the Norks.

I foresee a lot more defections from the Norks to get away from their terrorist state.
Hope Ukraine is ready for those poor Norks attempting to surrender and defect.

[marble falls]

22. More specifically, the Kim's can afford more Hennesy and Waigu for badly coifed tubby and his family ...

... there's already a unit "missing". I hope they get out.

[marble falls]

18. Seriously held onto it to the point they're carrying out maintenance of civil order. I think our tax dollars ...

... were well spent when Barrack Obama started making Ukraine armed forces not just westernized but Americanized.

[Vogon_Glory]

15. North Korea has a merchant fleet

Despite the restrictions, North Korea does have an active fleet of cargo ships and oil tankers plying the seas (That’s one of the ways they earn foreign currency). Considering what the Ukrainians can do with their air and sea drones, I suspect that NK sea captains and crew will have grounds for worry if they’re in the Atlantic, the Mediterranean, or near the horn of Africa.

[LuvLoogie]

4. So I can't see how we can ask Ukraine to restrain from preemptive strikes.

Hit them as they're staging for deployment. NK may lose it's enthusiasm to be cannon fodder for Putin.

[RJ_MacReady]

9. I agree

If Ukraine is able they have a right and should hit them before they even leave their port. Conduct an airstrike on North Korean airbases and naval ports.

[former9thward]

13. How in the world could they possibly do that?

[WarGamer]

20. with drones... with big battery packs and mid-flight recharging?

[LuvLoogie]

14. I think they would have to wait until they get to Russia.

No point in hitting NK itself. I meant as they were getting ready to deploy to Ukraine from Russia.

[hatrack]

6. Under Russian command . . .

So I think we can already get a pretty good sense of how the DPRK military will fare.

[no_hypocrisy]

12. Will NK declare on Ukraine if any of its

Soldiers are hurt and/or killed in battle?

[ecstatic]

16. Yeah this won't end well

If anything, it'll finally give some of those soldiers a chance to escape.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

17. Russian is losing so many troops that it has to get troops from North Korea

Link to tweet

[BannonsLiver]

23. Careful you might trigger our local Putinite.

[0rganism]

24. Hmm, if they passed through China, or used China's airspace to fly over to Russia, would that implicate China too?

I guess they could have gone the lo-o-o-ong way around to avoid entangling with other nations, but that is definitely the lo-o-o-ong way.