I won't drink water without lime or lemon in it.

[Mavideol]

South Korea mulls missile aid for Ukraine amid fears about North Korean troops in Russia

 

South Korea mulls missile aid for Ukraine amid fears about North Korean troops in Russia

[Mavideol]

Ukraine-Russia war live: North Korean troops deployed to frontline will ‘surely return in body bags’, US says

https://au.yahoo.com/news/ukraine-russia-war-live-explosions-032353345.html

 

[Mavideol]

North Korean and Russian foreign ministers to meet as Western concerns mount

https://au.yahoo.com/news/north-korean-russian-foreign-ministers-102954427.html

 

[Mavideol]

the life of a dictator is not as easy w=as we have thought 555

North Korea beefs up Kim Jong-un’s security due to assassination threat

https://au.yahoo.com/news/north-korea-beefs-kim-jong-113800115.html

 

[Mavideol]

Washington, Seoul urge North Korea to pull troops from Russia

 

https://au.yahoo.com/news/russia-un-envoy-calls-reports-001851834.html

[Mavideol]

North Korean soldiers learning Russian commands and may be sent to Ukraine front lines, South Korean lawmakers say

https://au.yahoo.com/news/north-korean-soldiers-learning-russian-073648649.html

 

[TroubleandGrumpy]

1 minute ago, Mavideol said:

Putin admits Russia has hit rock bottom

 

Putin admits Russia has hit rock bottom

Besides the fact that he never said those words, the problem is that if Russia gets pushed far enough and feels it is going to collapse, will Putin and his supporters go the same way as they did under Mikhail Gorbachev, when they voluntarily backed away and resigned. The problem as I see it, is that when Boris Yeltsin then became President of the Russian State, things started to go downhill.  As things started to fall apart badly within 10 years, Yeltsin was forced to resign in 1999 due to internal conflicts and protests, and Putin took over (he was PM) and he turned things around economically. and was elected President several times.  So moving forward will Putin back down if Russia if it is going to collapse, or will he take down Europe with him and the country. I think it is the latter, and that NATO/USA would be wise to seek a settlement rather than trying to kill him and Russia off.  And I reckon that if Russia looks like going that way/path, then China will see that it is in their best interests to join with Russia (and some other countries too).  IMO China will see it that if/when Russia is destroyed, then they are next.

 

I have believed for a long time that the West should have taken out Russia/Stalin during WW2 - and Patton said so at the time and he was right.  The fact that Churchill and Roosevelt agreed with Stalin the divide up Europe once Germany was defeated, was one of the biggest atrocities of WW2. The world today would have been very different (and better IMO) that it is now, following 80 years of a 'cold war' that clearly has never really gone away.  MAD is still on the table - between them China and Russia has enough armaments to destroy most of the world - and USA and NATO has even more.  IMO Ukraine is not something the world should be going to war over - nor is Taiwan. 

[zmisha]

4 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

Is that why Russia needs soldiers from NK then........

It is the most interesting question. WHY does Russian army of 500k-1M soldiers need 3k of North Koreans? This look extremely strange. And even more strange - every second news link is about NK - western media seems to overrate the importance of these 3k, don't they? Or... there is something they are not telling you.
Let's remember last year's events in the Ukrainian war. In June 2023, my Ukrainian colleagues told me that Prigozhin would soon take Moscow, Putin would go down in history and the war would end. 
The whole world watched and wondered - why 500 thousand soldiers of the Russian Defense Ministry in the rear did not prevent the march of 4 thousand soldiers of Prigozhin towards Moscow. And you thought that all the officials in Russia love Putin? Then - in 2023 - Putin's salvation came from abroad. Lukashenko saved him. Because Lukashenko's troops do not obey the Russian Defense Ministry and even a small number - 2-3 thousand soldiers of Lukashenko were enough to discourage the putschists from going to Moscow. Today, instead of 2-3 thousand soldiers of Lukashenko, Putin is helped by 3 thousand soldiers of Kim Jong-un. The difference is that Lukashenko can be intimidated. But Kim cannot be intimidated.

Edited 4 hours ago by zmisha

[Bkk Brian]

6 minutes ago, zmisha said:

It is the most interesting question. WHY does Russian army of 500k-1M soldiers need 3k of North Koreans? This look extremely strange. And even more strange - every second news link is about NK - western media seems to overrate the importance of these 3k, don't they? Or... there is something they are not telling you.
Let's remember last year's events in the Ukrainian war. In June 2023, my Ukrainian colleagues told me that Prigozhin would soon take Moscow, Putin would go down in history and the war would end. 
The whole world watched and wondered - why 500 thousand soldiers of the Russian Defense Ministry in the rear did not prevent the march of 4 thousand soldiers of Prigozhin towards Moscow. And you thought that all the officials in Russia love Putin? Then - in 2023 - Putin's salvation came from abroad. Lukashenko saved him. Because Lukashenko's troops do not obey the Russian Defense Ministry and even a small number - 2-3 thousand soldiers of Lukashenko were enough to discourage the putschists from going to Moscow. Today, instead of 2-3 thousand soldiers of Lukashenko, Putin is helped by 3 thousand soldiers of Kim Jong-un. The difference is that Lukashenko can be intimidated. But Kim cannot be intimidated.

my Ukrainian colleagues told me that Prigozhin would soon take Moscow, Putin would go down in history and the war would end.

 

yea right...........

[Bkk Brian]

Russian drones hunt civilians, evidence suggests

 

Serhiy is one of 30 civilians killed in a sudden surge in Russian drone attacks in Kherson since 1 July, the city’s military administration told the BBC. They have recorded more than 5,000 drone attacks over the same period, with more than 400 civilians injured. 

But the BBC has heard eyewitness testimony and seen credible evidence that suggest Russia is using drones also against civilians in the frontline city of Kherson.

"They can see who they are killing," says Angela. "Is this how they want to fight, by just bombing people walking in the streets?"

If Russia is found to be intentionally targeting civilians, it would be a war crime.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c207gz7key6o

[Rimmer]

Off topic rambling post has been removed

[tgw]

10 hours ago, Gweiloman said:

A mercenary is any person who:

(a) is specially recruited locally or abroad in order to fight in an armed conflict;

(b) does, in fact, take a direct part in the hostilities;

(c) is motivated to take part in the hostilities essentially by the desire for private gain and, in fact, is promised, by or on behalf of a Party to the conflict, material compensation substantially in excess of that promised or paid to combatants of similar ranks and functions in the armed forces of that Party;

(d) is neither a national of a Party to the conflict nor a resident of territory controlled by a Party to the conflict;

(e) is not a member of the armed forces of a Party to the conflict; and

(f) has not been sent by a State which is not a Party to the conflict on official duty as a member of its armed forces.

 

 

It was confirmed by a poster on AN who has been fighting there that some of the foreign fighters are paid. So it seems to me that yes, there are mercenaries fighting over there.

 

you are missing the point of that definition.

a fighter must fulfil all of these 6 criteria to be classified as a mercenary, notably point (c) saying that mercenaries must be paid substantially more than Ukrainian soldiers.

 

so do you have any proof that foreigners fighting for Ukraine are paid substantially more than Ukrainian soldiers of comparable experience, rank and function ?

[tgw]

2 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

Russian drones hunt civilians, evidence suggests

 

Serhiy is one of 30 civilians killed in a sudden surge in Russian drone attacks in Kherson since 1 July, the city’s military administration told the BBC. They have recorded more than 5,000 drone attacks over the same period, with more than 400 civilians injured. 

But the BBC has heard eyewitness testimony and seen credible evidence that suggest Russia is using drones also against civilians in the frontline city of Kherson.

"They can see who they are killing," says Angela. "Is this how they want to fight, by just bombing people walking in the streets?"

If Russia is found to be intentionally targeting civilians, it would be a war crime.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c207gz7key6o

 

regrettably, this is par for the course for the Ruzzian barbarians which commit murder on a daily basis in Ukraine.