ready sent about 10,000 soldiers and personnel to Russia. Approximately 3,000 of these North Korean troops have reportedly been integrated into Russia’s 11th Air Assault Brigade, which is currently reorganizing near the Ukraine-Russia border, and are undergoing joint training with the brigade’s Buryat battalion. These troops may soon be deployed to the Kursk region.
Given the appalling conditions under which North Korean workers live in Russia – little better than slave labourers – it's safe to assume that the conditions for soldiers will be equally grim, with all wages going straight to Pyongyang. At least the workers can expect to live through their ordeal: the wretched soldiers have no such guarantee. Why should they sacrifice themselves in the name of some demented quasi-fascist Russian historical fantasy about the non-existence of a separate country called Ukraine? May there be many more such desertions.
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