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Ukraine's Army Now Larger Than Russia's (www.newsweek.com)

submitted 11 months ago by OppaGundamStyle@discuss.tchncs.de to c/world@quokk.au

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U Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed that Kyiv's army is now larger than Moscow's during a joint press conference with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Wednesday. He said that Ukraine's military now has 880,000 soldiers, while Russia's forces are comprised of 600,000 troops.

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[–] horse_battery_staple@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

No, the North Korean forces in Russia are the DPRKs special forces. These are not conscripts. They are indoctrinated and jingoistic forces that absolutely believe they are furthering the goals of Kim Il Jong and their families back home.

https://www.reuters.com/world/south-korea-says-north-korea-troop-dispatch-russia-is-grave-security-threat-2024-10-18/

[–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Still, to get into that you probably have to be from a family that's been super loyal to the regime so those guys signing up have had literally no exposure to anything other than NK propoganda.