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Russians ‘told to kill North Korean troops' in Ukraine as Putin gets desperate (www.express.co.uk)
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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Russians have reportedly been told to kill North Korean troops so they are not captured by Ukrainians, an expert has said.

South Korea has also claimed that Kim Jong Un's soldiers have been told to end their own lives lest they are taken as prisoners of war.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

That’s the part I’m asking “why” about.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why don't they do what soldiers are supposed to do and fight to avoid capture? Or better yet, just withdraw and go home?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Or better yet, just withdraw and go home?

Numerous testimonies of North Korean defectors confirm the practice of kin punishment (연좌제, yeonjwaje literally "association system") in North Korea, under which three to eight generations of a political offender's family can be summarily imprisoned or executed. -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kin_punishment#North_Korea

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I meant that if Russia and NK can't afford to keep troops on the front, then they should withdraw and send them home. Not that individual soldiers should defect and return to their homes. That would be incredibly stupid, since it's probably punishable by execution.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I meant that if Russia and NK can’t afford to keep troops on the front, then they should withdraw and send them home.

Both can afford North Korean soldiers just fine. There are suggestions that North Korea gets missile technology designs and North Korea sends disposable soldiers and old, rusty equipment.