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Emrys

(7,941 posts)
Fri Oct 25, 2024, 10:13 PM Oct 25

'What the f**k to do with them?' Russian soldiers heard condemning North Korean recruits in intercepted audio

Kyiv CNN — Russian soldiers have been heard raising concerns about how North Korean soldiers will be commanded and provided with ammunition and military kit, leaked intercepts obtained by the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine and released on Friday show.
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The intercepts also reveal plans to have one interpreter and three senior officers for every 30 North Korean men, which the Russian soldiers are heard in the audio condemning.

“The only thing I don’t understand is that there [should be] three senior officers for 30 people. Where do we get them? We’ll have to pull them out,” one Russian serviceman says.

“I’m f***ing telling you, there are 77 battalion commanders coming in tomorrow, there are commanders, deputy commanders and so on,” a serviceman says in another extract.

More: https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/25/europe/russian-soldiers-north-korean-recruits-intercepts-intl/index.html
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'What the f**k to do with them?' Russian soldiers heard condemning North Korean recruits in intercepted audio (Original Post) Emrys Oct 25 OP
top down plan Tetrachloride Oct 25 #1
Outside troops/mercs are usually more expendable than your own. keithbvadu2 Oct 25 #2
NK cannon fodder. Klarkashton Oct 25 #3
Sadly yes Buzz cook Oct 25 #6
Sorry Ivan. No one said they would be effective. Sneederbunk Oct 25 #4
A shame Woodwizard Oct 25 #5
All dead, likely. LuvLoogie Oct 26 #7

Buzz cook

(2,586 posts)
6. Sadly yes
Fri Oct 25, 2024, 10:53 PM
Oct 25

They aren't even partially equipt afaik.
Ukraine needs to find some Korean translators to invite them to defect.

Woodwizard

(985 posts)
5. A shame
Fri Oct 25, 2024, 10:44 PM
Oct 25

Most of these soldiers probably come from very poor areas know nothing of what is going on and a large amount will be dead before the new year.

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