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Emrys

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Fri Oct 25, 2024, 10:13 PM Oct 2024

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

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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top down plan Tetrachloride Oct 2024 #1
Outside troops/mercs are usually more expendable than your own. keithbvadu2 Oct 2024 #2
NK cannon fodder. Klarkashton Oct 2024 #3
Sadly yes Buzz cook Oct 2024 #6
Sorry Ivan. No one said they would be effective. Sneederbunk Oct 2024 #4
A shame Woodwizard Oct 2024 #5
All dead, likely. LuvLoogie Oct 2024 #7
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