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In reply to the discussion: North Korea is reportedly in talks to send 100,000 soldiers to fight in Ukraine: [View all]NCjack
(10,297 posts)85. Yes, make Putin send troops and war machines to the East.
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North Korea is reportedly in talks to send 100,000 soldiers to fight in Ukraine: [View all]
tblue37
Aug 2022
OP
100,000 North Korean soldiers could be sent to bolster Putin's forces fighting Ukraine
Bayard
Aug 2022
#2
Both Russia and North Korea tend to exaggerate. It'll probably be more like 10,000.
tinrobot
Aug 2022
#90
"How Ya Gonna Keep 'em off of the Farm (After They've Seen the Wheat?)"
mahatmakanejeeves
Aug 2022
#3
DPRK has no problem executing families for listening to the radio or watching a VCR movie.
TheBlackAdder
Aug 2022
#7
I mean, I wouldn't want to be any of those 100K families. If their kids defect or go missing. . .
TheBlackAdder
Aug 2022
#74
Pootie can send oil...they don't have enough food to feed themselves let alone another country
PortTack
Aug 2022
#4
Perhaps this is why Russia was stealing Ukraine's grain shipments, to fund North Korea.
TheBlackAdder
Aug 2022
#21
How? Vladivostok, terminus of the Trans Siberian Railway, is about 60 miles from the N Korean border
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2022
#24
It would take months and months to transfer that amount of men and material and get it to the front
PortTack
Aug 2022
#26
I don't think Russia will have been ejected from Ukraine in only a few months
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2022
#29
They'll take over Russian territory by buying it up, moving their people in,
Crunchy Frog
Aug 2022
#46
If most of the people living there are Chinese? I was being partially tongue in cheek, but I will
Crunchy Frog
Aug 2022
#55
This has the potential to be an absolute disaster for the North Korean regime.
thucythucy
Aug 2022
#20
Exactly...the russian pilfering is one of the main reasons there in such a mess in Ukraine
PortTack
Aug 2022
#62
There's a difference between wealth, and GDP, which is a 'per year' figure
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2022
#81
lol, those rifles at 0:25 appear to be Mosin Nagants Model 1891/30 designed in 1890.
EX500rider
Aug 2022
#61
They finally found a way they can justify all those medals for officers who haven't fought a war in
Aristus
Aug 2022
#38
In related news, North korea has lost 100,000 male citizens while Ukraine has had to hire
lindysalsagal
Aug 2022
#40
You are correct bullies need to be dealt with. I think the west is slowly turning up the heat
PortTack
Aug 2022
#65
I agree with you 100%. I don't buy Putin's threats to launch a nuclear war.
Crunchy Frog
Aug 2022
#78