Summary

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claims Russian forces are burning the faces of dead North Korean soldiers to hide their involvement in Ukraine.

He says North Koreans are now being deployed in significant numbers, particularly in Russia’s Kursk region, where 200 have reportedly been killed or wounded.

The U.S. confirmed indications of North Korean casualties, while South Korea imposed sanctions on officials and entities involved in North Korea-Russia military cooperation.

54 points

This would be great for defectors. Harder to tell who died and who found freedom.

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51 points

Pretty sure the 4ft solders will be enough to identify as not Russian.

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32 points

The faceless emaciated body, skeleton bereft of calcium could be anyone…

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12 points

It’s not like DNA testing wouldn’t confirm they’re Koreans. They’re just wasting fuel doing this.

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11 points

A picture is worth 1000 words.

Pictures of DNA don’t tell laymen much about who is involved.

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19 points

Idk a pic of 200 dead men with their face burned off might do something.

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5 points

There’s plenty of pictures from drones showing Koreans already.

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4 points

Laymen will just think “war is hell” without considering who those people really were.

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-16 points

Seems pretty fucking far fetched

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11 points

They had mobile crematoriums so why not?

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But why north koreans and not any other foreign nationals they’ve conscripted/employed?

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Because they are insisting the Koreans aren’t fighting so the countries that support Ukraine have plausible deniability and can say they don’t see signs of escalation, despite the fact that NK soldiers are fighting in Ukraine.

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He has started hallucinating on Ukraine’s uranium it seems.

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19 points

WTF is that even supposed to mean?

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1 point

It means Zelensky is getting high on the country Uranium. /s

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22 points

You see, Ukraine is starting to rethink the idea of not having nuclear weapons and that makes them bad, unlike nice and friendly Russia who already have all the nuclear weapons they need and have Orthodox priests bless them on the regular.

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I’m sure that the CIA backed Radio Free Asia doesn’t have a US bias slant

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… Are you saying there aren’t any north Koreans involved in the war?

Because at this point that is akin to denying the sun is warm.

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13 points

Don’t waste your keystrokes to argue, it’s an .ml idiot.

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That you’re trying to claim that I’ve said things that I did not. I’m saying that radio free Asia is CIA propaganda that puts a western slant on their propaganda.

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Mentioning that in this context does give the distinct impression you want to cast doubt on the fact that NK conscripts are being employed by russia though. Why else would you mention that here?

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35 points

Go back to .ml

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-46 points

Does it make you uncomfortable to hear information that you disagree with despite it being true?

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18 points

That’s a very strange question for you to ask based on your rejection of information you disagree with.

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14 points

If it were true it would exist in the real world, outside of your .ml echo chamber

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9 points

Is this information here with us now?

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32 points

Cool. Here’s the newsweek article on the same thing that has a link to Zelensky’s Twitter post where he says the thing. https://www.newsweek.com/zelensky-says-russian-troops-burning-faces-killed-north-korean-soldiers-2001980

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9 points

Newsweek is also trash, but for different reasons.

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Newsweek has been unable to independently verify the video or Zelensky’s allegations.

Awesome.

Like NK soldiers are there and we know they’re there. This explanation doesn’t seem to pass the straight face test.

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-23 points

Also trash

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13 points

I have a feeling that you would say any source with this information is trash by virtue of it having information you don’t like.

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27 points

It does, but that doesn’t necessarily mean its reporting is false.

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14 points

Come on! Say something about the USSR!

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6 points

3x3 Bingo? Please. 5x5 or go home.

…Man I miss State Department Bingo.

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You’re not helping promote journalistic integrity.

All you’re doing is saying “it’s okay to be biased when it supports my side.”

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-8 points

Great comeback. When people are quoting the literal CIA funded outlet Radio Free Asia as a source, which is known for making outrageous claims against any enemy of America without evidence, say “Russia and China bad” and poof everything is proven.

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Except there are multiple pictures of it happening, plenty of analysis on youtube and a shitload of other sources. But sure, in delululand, when you don’t see anything it doesn’t exist.

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-8 points

Trying to conflate the USSR and Russia is infantile

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12 points

That’s why they’re listed separately I guess

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13 points

There is also video evidence of this

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6 points

You’re not wrong but you’re not right.

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-2 points

Yea that OR the orcish orcs are orc(k?)ing…

Whatever makes the most sense to you I guess…

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