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"North Korean troops deployed in Russia’s Kursk region are suffering heavy
losses and being left unprotected by the Russian forces they are fighting
alongside, according to Ukraine, while the US says Russian and North Korean
generals see the soldiers as “expendable”. Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Friday
that said Russian troops were sending the North Koreans into battle with
minimal protection and that the North Koreans were taking extreme measures to
avoid being taken prisoner. “Their losses are significant, very significant,”
the Ukrainian president said in his nightly video address. “We see that neither
the Russian military nor their North Korean overseers have any interest in
ensuring the survival of these North Koreans.” Zelenskyy said “several” wounded
North Korean soldiers had died after being captured by Ukrainian forces. In
Washington, National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said troops sent
by Pyongyang were killing themselves rather than risking capture. A “human
wave” of North Korean soldiers were being sent to their deaths in “hopeless”
attacks by generals who saw them as expendable, he said, estimating that
Pyongyang suffered more than 1,000 killed or wounded in just the past week,
which confirms similar figures reported by South Korea."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
