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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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[–] ExhaleSmile@lemmy.world 33 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months 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.

[–] fartsparkles@sh.itjust.works 8 points 11 months ago

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

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months 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?

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months 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

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months 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.

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months 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.