Oryx
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That’s a pretty important question to just gloss over. 
Oryx
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That link is hilarious. I think several posters on this board need the following info:
Although it should have been obvious that the Babylon Bee piece was just a spoof of the ongoing political brouhaha over alleged news media “bias” and “fake news,” some readers missed that aspect of the article and interpreted it literally.
The VOA report does not say that North Korean troops are already in Ukraine.
Instead it only says that they have been sent to Russia. Whether they are in Ukraine or merely getting ready to go to Ukraine is ambiguous:
“Last week, South Korea’s intelligence agency said North Korea already has sent about 1,500 special forces to Russia to join the war in Ukraine . . .”
Oryx
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Yes, I’m aware. What does that have to do with your nonsensical statement that “the South Korean government’s own statements are the evidence for the presence of South Korean troops in Ukraine. The question is only whether they are already there”?
e7alr
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More likely they want food and fuel in exchange. Winter in North Korea is always a cold and hungry time of the year.
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Samm
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Your experience doing what? 
Reading the news. We frequently find out that American forces are in a country only after they have been there for some time.
In the case of US forces in Niger, their presence only made the news after several soldiers were killed.
It is my experience with the media and the government.
That has been true in Ukraine. The NY Times did a story in May 2022 about western commandos in Ukraine, but said they came from the UK and other allies, not the US.
The first confirmation of US special forces in Ukraine was from a leak in April 2023.
lol… 14 soldiers at the embassy.
what a dumbass article to spread your propaganda with
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Ooh boy Russia has the best backup coming in. A bunch of malnourished North Koreans. They will clearly turn the tide.
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e7alr
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Cannon fodder, bullet sponges to absorb Ukrainian fire. Let the poor little Korean soldiers draw the fire, while the Russian soldiers lay back, observe and call in fire on the now detected Ukrainian positions.
It’s a wasteful use of lives. But eh, the Russians just say “they’re only Koreans, no biggie. Plus at least here when they die it’s quick. Unlike those prison camps they commonly get sent to.”
e7alr
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The Russians use their own green recruits the same way.
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It’s the proudest tradition of the Russian army.
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Samm
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And that’s how they used the Wagner troops as well.
e7alr
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Russia has always achieved victory on the enormous sacrifices of its common soldiers.
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You realize that reports of alleged North Korean troops are from eastern Siberia, which is closer to Alaska than to Ukraine.
Meanwhile the Russian advance continues to accelerate.
The obsession in western media about allegations of North Korean troops provides a distraction from the real story and may provide a pretext to send South Korean troops into Ukraine.
Samm
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North Koreans can get on a train in Pyongyang and travel all the way to the Ukrainian border in about a week … probably faster if they dedicate an express train for that purpose. Not so much to get to Alaska.
What is the “real story”? And why would anyone think South Korea would entertain the thought of sending troops to Ukraine? That makes zero sense.
You will die for the glories of the republic. Be proud of your sacrifice son.
