Intelligence sources say a battalion of 3,000 has been secretly training to fight against Ukraine

A battalion of 3,000 North Korean soldiers will shortly join Russian troops in fighting Ukraine, marking Pyongyang’s full entry into the war.

Intelligence sources said the unit has been secretly training in Russia’s Far East ahead of deployment as part of a Russian airborne regiment.

“They are called the Buryat Battalion,” a senior Ukrainian military source told Politico. Buryatia is a remote region of Russia bordering Mongolia that the Kremlin has targeted heavily for military recruitment.

The Kyiv Independent quoted another Western intelligence source claiming that North Korea had sent 10,000 soldiers to join the Russian army.

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  • Valmond@lemmy.worldEnglish
    396·
    17 hours ago

    The great Russian army. The great russian army with the best weapons and tanks and soldiers.

    What a paper tiger.

    BTW it’s rumored that they are running out of both tanks and bmps. If trump doesn’t win (if he does, it will just take longer) the whole russia will collapse like the soviet union did in 1991. The ruble is already in free fall, inflation at 20%, the economy is overheating and fewer and fewer young people left to work or be killed.

    I just hope it crumbles as soon as possible but I guess this insane war has to drag on for some 6 months to a year.

    • blackn1ght@feddit.ukEnglish
      191·
      16 hours ago

      BTW it’s rumored that they are running out of both tanks and bmps.

      I feel like people have been saying this for about 2 years. We should believe it when we see it.

    • realitista@lemm.eeEnglish
      142·
      16 hours ago

      Dictatorships can take a lot of abuse before falling apart. Look at North Korea. People are starving and still that fuckers in power.