Ukraine and the Russian invasion, 2022-24

[Elpenor]

Nah, it's Zelenzky who's desperate, Putin's getting a couple of thousand emancipated souls who don't speak the language their new commanders do cos he's the steamroller against the fash, do keep up ed.

Emancipated from the chain of capitalism?

There are areas of Russia with Korean-Russians populations so it’s presumptuous to assume they won’t be able to communicate

 

[Ax^]

Putin throwing meat into the grinder more than likely

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Emancipated from the chain of capitalism?

There are areas of Russia with Korean-Russians populations so it’s presumptuous to assume they won’t be able to communicate

Phone: emaciated.

Russia borders Korea, so some will speak it, the average Russian officer won't, but you don't need to, just point the poor fuckers towards the lines and wait till the next lot arrive to be killed. Oh what a lovely war.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Anyway, clearly Putin's got this in the bag and this is not a desperate move.

 

[Ax^]

he can always threaten to nuke everyone if this he runs out of Koreans

 

[Pickman's model]

Emancipated from the chain of capitalism?

There are areas of Russia with Korean-Russians populations so it’s presumptuous to assume they won’t be able to communicate

And interpreters are not unknown

 

[PTK]

And interpreters are not unknown

How do the Nepalese units in the British Army cope, I wonder?

 

[Pickman's model]

How do the Nepalese units in the British Army cope, I wonder?

They speak slowly and loudly in the hope that the British will understand them

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

How do the Nepalese units in the British Army cope, I wonder?

They learn English, their language skills are legend and a large part of the reason my mother has a blood-feud with Joanna Lumley.

 

[PTK]

They learn English, their language skills are legend and a large part of the reason my mother has a blood-feud with Joanna Lumley.

Do tell more.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Do tell more.

Search function: my name + Ms Lumley's, will enlighten you.

 

[Sir Belchalot]

NATO should not want Ukraine to join. How does it benefit US or UK?

Benefits the U.S. by replacing their troops in Europe with battle hardened Ukrainian ones.

 

[Gerry1time]

their language skills are legend and a large part of the reason my mother has a blood-feud with Joanna Lumley.

This would make an amazing tagline.

 

[Yossarian]

There isn’t much to go on. Everyone invested is less than straightforward.

History is a good guide as to moral actors here.

With history as your good guide, do you consider the North Korean regime a good "moral actor"?

 

[TopCat]

Benefits the U.S. by replacing their troops in Europe with battle hardened Ukrainian ones.

Regiments of one legged nationalists.

 

[TopCat]

With history as your good guide, do you consider the North Korean regime a good "moral actor"?

I look forward to the day they reunify the country via force of arms.

 

[TopCat]

The NKPA are more likely to be engineers and tunnellers rather than cannon fodder.

 

[TopCat]

eneral Charles Flynn, the US Army’s Asia Pacific commander, told an event in Washington that North Korean personnel being involved in the conflict would allow Pyongyang to get real-time feedback on its weapons for the first time.

“That kind of feedback from a real battlefield to North Korea to be able to make adjustments to their weapons, their ammunition, their capabilities, and even their people – to me, is very concerning,” he said, speaking at the Center for a New American Security on Tuesday.

 

[Yossarian]

I look forward to the day they reunify the country via force of arms.

Not going to say LOL but that did raise a smile, you fucking knobhead

 

[TopCat]

• Donald Trump has blamed Volodymyr Zelenskyy for helping start Ukraine’s war with Russia, a comment that further suggests the Republican former president is likely to decrease US support for Kyiv if he wins the 5 November election. Trump’s comments on the PBD podcast on Thursday went a step further than his previous criticism of Zelenskyy and said the Ukrainian leader was to blame not just for failing to end the war but for helping start it, even though the conflict broke out when Russia invaded Ukrainian sovereign territory.

 

[Yossarian]

• Donald Trump has blamed Volodymyr Zelenskyy for helping start Ukraine’s war with Russia, a comment that further suggests the Republican former president is likely to decrease US support for Kyiv if he wins the 5 November election. Trump’s comments on the PBD podcast on Thursday went a step further than his previous criticism of Zelenskyy and said the Ukrainian leader was to blame not just for failing to end the war but for helping start it, even though the conflict broke out when Russia invaded Ukrainian sovereign territory.

If Donald Trump won the election, North Korea invaded and occupied South Korea, and Russia overran Ukrainian defences, seized Kyiv, and executed Zelensky, would you have the longest wank in human history?

 

[Chz]

The NKPA are more likely to be engineers and tunnellers rather than cannon fodder.

Why not both? The Russians are sending sailors to the front and haven't shown any regard for their more able troops in terms of who shows up on the front line. NK has a mandatory 10 years of military service, and it will be a relief to them not having to feed the ones they send over.

 

[teqniq]

Look like new cannon fodder to me:

 

[Yossarian]

Amnesty International on North Korea: "Freedom of expression, already severely restricted, was further curtailed by a new law that carried severe punishments for using or disseminating “South Korean-style” language. Forced labour, including by children, continued to be reported. Government policies contributed to ongoing food insecurity and healthcare provision was inadequate. Arbitrary detention of government critics in appalling conditions persisted .... Harsh penalties were imposed on individuals accused of engaging in “reactionary ideology and culture”. Those caught viewing, reading or listening to content deemed to be “reactionary”, including films, books and songs, faced several years in prison, while those involved in distribution risked life imprisonment or the death penalty ... Parents are also liable to punishment under the law by being publicly shamed if their children are found accessing South Korean content or imitating “South Korean-style” speech. The law requires relevant authorities to make use of public arrests, trials and public executions to “break the spirit” of those “polluted” by South Korean language and culture."

TopCat: "I look forward to the day they reunify the country via force of arms."

The common theme appears to be an absolute indifference to human rights abuses as long as the regime carrying them out is opposed to the US

 

[Elpenor]

Government policies contributed to ongoing food insecurity and healthcare provision was inadequate.

We also have these problems in the UK.

Harsh penalties were imposed on individuals accused of engaging in “reactionary ideology and culture”.

And these - Just stop oil sentencing for example

 

[The39thStep]

Look like new cannon fodder to me:

There's another video here in this article in The Telegraph.

https://archive.ph/jmOIr

Several Ukrainian media outlets alleged that some North Koreans had been killed outside Donetsk earlier this month

Missile Strike Near Donetsk Eliminates 6 North Korean Officers – Intel

Six officers from North Korea were among the 20 soldiers killed in a Ukrainian missile strike on Russian-occupied territory near Donetsk, intelligence sources say.

www.kyivpost.com

 

[Yossarian]

We also have these problems in the UK.

And these - Just stop oil sentencing for example

If you're trying to draw parallels between North Korea and the UK I will respectfully suggest you read more about conditions in North Korea.

 

[Yossarian]

We also have these problems in the UK.

And these - Just stop oil sentencing for example

From Amnesty International:



I think this goes beyond the worst excesses of the Johnson/Truss/Sunak/Starmer regimes, tbh

 

[Dogsauce]

NATO should not want Ukraine to join. How does it benefit US or UK?

Well, it would add to NATO a country with an experienced military adapted to threats from the East, and with a fair amount of western kit already.

 

[Ax^]

• Donald Trump has blamed Volodymyr Zelenskyy for helping start Ukraine’s war with Russia, a comment that further suggests the Republican former president is likely to decrease US support for Kyiv if he wins the 5 November election. Trump’s comments on the PBD podcast on Thursday went a step further than his previous criticism of Zelenskyy and said the Ukrainian leader was to blame not just for failing to end the war but for helping start it, even though the conflict broke out when Russia invaded Ukrainian sovereign territory.

have to be a weird fucker to like than