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October 15, 2024

Ukraine Seeks Allied Help Against Hyped Threat Of North Koreans

The current leader of Ukraine, its former president Vladimir Zelenski, urgently needs more troops. Recent changes in the mobilization laws did not really change the intake of new recruits. The few people caught under it and sent to the front where often medical or socially impaired or elderly people unfit for holding the front line. Many desert as soon as they can (edited machine translation):

As stated in the response of the Prosecutor General's Office to the request of the "Public Integrity Council", for eight months of this year, 29,984 proceedings were opened for unauthorized abandonment of a unit and 15,559 for desertion. In the first year of the war, there were 6,641 and 3,442 such cases, respectively. That is, the growth in both indicators is about five times.
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"Since deserters will be considered in the service (however, without receiving a monetary allowance), this way the illusion of staffing combat military units will be created on paper. As for the consequences of this madness, they are obvious: in October-November, several tens of thousands more soldiers will desert from the front, and the next fortress city will be Pavlograd," Boyko says.

The recent raids in Kiev venues and concerts also do not help. They are mostly theater designed to show that even well off Ukrainians fall under the law.

But most of the people caught during such raids do have the means to pay off the recruiters (edited machine translation):

Raids are carried out in almost all regions and, most notably, in the largest cities, such as Lviv, Odessa and Kiev.

There were practically no such mass demonstrative actions during this war. And judging by the comments of government officials, this campaign was sanctioned at the very top.
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Kharkiv blogger Yevgeny Zub published, as stated, messages from people about how they bought off the shopping center, where they were taken after the last raids.

So, one Kharkiv resident writes that he was released from the shopping center for $5,000, subject to payment of $1,000 monthly to the military commissar. Another Kharkiv citizen was released for $2,500. "Imagine how much money will be deposited during the days of the raid? It is difficult," Evgeny Zubov commented on this information.
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Why did the enlistment office raids become more active? On this topic, Strana talked to sources in military enlistment offices and the Ministry of Defense.

They say that you need to distinguish between two processes.

The first is "demonstration performances" of the Shopping center at concerts, night clubs and restaurants. They, as we have already written, are mainly informational and PR in nature. And they are designed to show the army and society that "there are no untouchables." In reality, as the sources of the "Country" say, the effect on the replenishment of the army from such events is scanty – mostly men who are "busied" in this way buy off. Moreover, military commissars, thanks to such raids, remove the "double cash register" - they "heal" both detainees and institutions. There have always been fees to ensure that recruitment offices do not disturb customers of restaurants and night clubs. But now the former "pay-offs" on command from above were ordered to be forgotten. But this does not mean that there will be no new agreements. They will. Only more expensive.

However, according to sources, these "demonstration performances", although they attract everyone's attention, are nevertheless auxiliary in nature. Their task is to provide PR cover for the second and main process-a sharp increase in street mobilization and raids on all crowded places: markets, shopping centers, any mass events.

The reason for such activation is the total (up to 70%) failure of plans for mobilization.

A second way to get new troops while the current ones are dying is to ask foreign powers to send their men. Zelenski's 'victory plan' includes that step. But his attempts to get it accepted have failed.

He has since come up with an idea to justify the entry of foreign troops on his side of the war.

Zelenski and his media people have for days now claimed that North Korean troops will soon fight on the side of Russia. This, he hopes, will incite western forces to send their own troops to Ukraine if only to counter the North Koreans.

The first take of this media campaign appeared on October 4:

Missile Strike Near Donetsk Eliminates 6 North Korean Officers – Intel - Kyiv Post
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.

More than 20 soldiers were killed as a result of an Oct. 3 missile strike on Russian-occupied territory near Donetsk, including six officers from North Korea, who came to confer with their Russian counterparts, Kyiv Post’s intelligence sources said. Three more North Korean servicemen were wounded.

According to reports from Russian social media, prior to the missile strike, the Russians were demonstrating to North Korean representatives the training of personnel for assault actions and defense.

After his failed 'Victory Plan' campaign the former president picked up the theme:

Russia plans to involve North Korea in war in Ukraine this fall, Zelensky says - Kyiv Independent

Russia plans to involve North Korea directly in the full-scale war against Ukraine this fall and winter, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Oct. 14, citing intelligence data.

The announcement comes a day after Zelensky warned of an "increasing alliance" between Moscow and Pyongyang.

According to Ukraine's military intelligence, Russia's plans for the fall and winter include "the actual involvement of North Korea in the war," Zelensky said.
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Zelensky warned on Oct. 13 that Russia and North Korea were deepening their alliance, saying that the partnership had escalated to the point where North Korea was sending personnel to Ukraine's front lines along with weapons.
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The warning followed reports from South Korean Defense Minister Kim Yong-Hyun that North Korea is likely to deploy regular troops to Ukraine to aid Russia at the front.

Reports have also emerged in recent days that North Korean officers were killed in a Ukrainian missile strike in Russian-occupied territory. The Kyiv Independent has not been able to verify these reports, which have not been confirmed beyond a single intelligence source.

Since then Ukrainian media have added this or bit to the story all based on the same 'intelligence sources'.

Russia forms "Buryat battalion" staffed by North Koreans: 18 soldiers already fled positions - Pravda.ua

The Russians assembled a "special Buryat battalion" recruited from among citizens of Democratic People's Republic of Korea, while 18 North Korean personnel have already escaped from positions located along the border of Russia's Bryansk and Kursk oblasts.

Source: Ukrainska Pravda sources in Ukraine’s special services

Details: According to Ukrainska Pravda, this occurred 7 kilometres from the state border with Ukraine.
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Previously, reports circulated concerning the assembling of a "special Buryat battalion" in the Russian army.

The estimated number of personnel in the unit is up to 3,000.

The battalion is expected to be involved in combat activities around the settlements of Sudzha and Kursk.

Some 3,000 men would constitute 6 full fledged infantry battalions, not one.

To have North Koreans fighting in Russia against the Ukrainian incursion in Kursk would make little sense. That incursion is for one already mostly defeated.

Besides that the language and cultural problems would make the integration of such forces into Russian military operations nearly impossible. I am sure that the Russian military would be strongly against it.

Zelenski's claims were amplified through various proxies and media appearances (edited machine translation):

The Russian Army wants to achieve maximum results before winter and is not preparing for frosts. This was stated by the speaker of the group "Lugansk" Anastasia Bobovnikova on the air of the telethon.
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Also, Suspilne, citing an intelligence source , reports that Russia wants to send North Korean military personnel to the Kursk region.

It is reported that now the Russian army is forming a special battalion of up to 3,000 people, staffed by North Korean citizens, on the basis of 11 ODSHBRS.

The process of providing the battalion with small arms and ammunition is already underway.

I regard the whole claim of North Korean troops in Russia as a fake news story and I am sure that most experts will follow me in that judgment.

However, today U.S. media manage to play up the nonsense:

Why North Korea is sending soldiers to the Russian front lines - Washington Post
Sending solders to help Russia’s war effort against Ukraine could earn valuable foreign currency for Kim Jong Un’s regime and bolster their strengthening ties.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky this week confirmed reports of North Korean troops supporting Russians inside Ukraine, warning that the alliance between Moscow and Pyongyang is growing stronger and evolving beyond transferring weapons.

A Ukrainian military intelligence official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive security matter, told The Washington Post last week that “several thousand” North Korean infantry soldiers are undergoing training in Russia now and could be deployed to the front line in Ukraine by the end of this year.

South Korea’s defense minister Kim Yong-hyun last week called the reports of North Korean military personnel helping Russia “highly likely.” The Kremlin has dismissed the assertion as a “hoax.”

I do not believe that any politician or military in the west will believe that nonsense which is again solely sourced to Ukrainian military intelligence claims. But there is clear campaign by the Ukrainian government to make the issue stick. What is its hope? To induce South Korea to send its forces to fight North Koreans on the Ukrainian border with Russia?

Another way to get foreign forces to fight on the Ukrainian side is to make them swap their current uniforms for Ukrainian ones. A new Ukrainian law recently made that easier:

Foreign citizens and stateless persons were allowed to take officer roles within the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the State Special Transport Service of Ukraine, and the National Guard of Ukraine. The Verkhovna Rada has adopted the law on the matter drafted by the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine.

Before this, foreigners and stateless persons were limited to roles at the enlisted personnel and NCO levels.
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The news of that change came at the same time as the UK mulles about sending military instructors to Ukraine. Swapping the instructors uniforms could make such an effort less dangerous.

Posted by b on October 15, 2024 at 16:49 UTC | Permalink

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The DPRK has a population of 26 million. It’s tiny

Posted by: Exile | Oct 15 2024 16:53 utc | 1

At a guess, the primary driver in this is the cannibal kingdom, ROK. Propaganda asserting northern military threats to the US is obviously in their interests, given their desire to obliterate the north. Zelensky of course will not lag in using it for his own purposes.

The presence of Korean military observers is almost certain in my opinion. Of course, military observers have been a longstanding tradition. There wer foreign military observers in the Civil War. (They mostly favored the South, being antidemocratic/anti-popular.) And vice versa, too, George McClellan was a military observer in the Crimean War. Somehow I doubt that this will not be viewed as anything but a threat. My guess is propagandists will simultaneously rely on popular memories of how "observers" in client states' war were de facto commanders. It is absurd to think of the Russian Federation as the client of besieged Korea...but that won't stop the propagandists?

Posted by: steven t johnson | Oct 15 2024 17:12 utc | 2

By cancelling last week's Ramstein summit, the US has consigned Project Ukraine to hospice care. If the Iran-Israel war kicks off, there is a chance that North Korea will help stretch US forces by attacking the South. They have been making aggressive gestures over the past week. The last thing US decision makers will be worried about is the idea that a few North Korean troops are supposedly fighting with the Russians.


https://www.beyondwasteland.net/p/consigning-ukraine-to-hospice-care

Posted by: KevinB | Oct 15 2024 17:17 utc | 3

It's probably a fake news. Nevertheless it may be true, because of lesser costs.
Furthermore the NK army would usefully regain some real war experience which it lacks currently.And

Posted by: Parisian Guy | Oct 15 2024 17:19 utc | 4

Ursula has tools and a plan to help Ukraine conscript more soldiers.

Media reports reveal details of new EU migration plan: changes will impact Ukrainians

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has unveiled a new ten-point EU plan to tackle illegal migration. The plan includes proposed changes that will also have an impact on Ukrainians.

Source: European Pravda, citing Polish radio station RMF FM

Details: Von der Leyen announced "innovative ways to combat illegal migration" in a letter to EU heads of state and government two days ahead of the upcoming EU summit.

In particular, the European Commission president proposed exploring the idea of creating centres for migrants outside the EU for those who are not eligible for asylum.

This is the first time that the European Commission has welcomed a proposal supported, in particular, by Poland. Italy already runs such centres in Albania.

Ursula von der Leyen also introduced new regulations aimed at streamlining the process of sending back migrants who do not qualify for asylum to their home countries and making it more efficient.

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There will also be new rules governing the long-term stay of refugees from Ukraine, though the exact details have yet to be announced.

continues ==> https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/10/15/7479769/

Posted by: too scents | Oct 15 2024 17:24 utc | 5

It is more likely that there are North Korean technicians and advisors on the front, as Russia has acquired the much-needed long-range anti-tank missiles manufactured in the DPRK.

Posted by: Gabriel Moyssen | Oct 15 2024 17:31 utc | 6

Nice b, nothing much gets passed you.

It is the equivalent of Fake Reports Of Missile Transfers To Russia Are Used To Sanction Iran. In an attempt to get even more NATO boots on the ground.

Posted by: Sun Of Alabama | Oct 15 2024 17:41 utc | 7

@Gabriel Moyssen #6
It is possible, even probable that Russia might be testing the NK long range anti-tank platform.
But it seems unlikely there would be NK troops anywhere near the front line.
The Shahed drones showed that even with an urgent need, Russia prefers to test and evolve new platforms rather than just buy and use. Having your own people try a platform is a lot more helpful than watching other people use it.

Posted by: c1ue | Oct 15 2024 17:47 utc | 8

The idea of DPRK military involvement is ridiculous!

The numbers of sheep dipped USandEU soldiers needed to make all those expensive western weapons works is incredibly large and a state secret!

WashPost malarkey!

Ze is former Kievan tool

Posted by: paddy | Oct 15 2024 17:51 utc | 9

Zelenski and his media people have for days now claimed that North Korean troops will soon fight on the side of Russia. This, he hopes, will incite western forces to send their own troops to Ukraine if only to counter the North Koreans.
RAOTFLMFAO. Farcical. Ooh, the NK commie Boogeymam/Baba Yaga is at hand. lol

Posted by: Outraged | Oct 15 2024 17:55 utc | 10

Wouldn't be surprised if South Korea sent troops as the young lads have no work to do in shiny happy land. Netflix would love another K drama. Marat on substack has a good article today on this subject and on the hegemon's strange silence on Taiwan's recent surrounding by China.

https://open.substack.com/pub/maratkhairullin/p/south-korea-the-new-dill?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1sd2vs

Posted by: Ogre | Oct 15 2024 18:01 utc | 11

thanks b...

another analysis has a similar take on this to you with regard to south korea -

South Korea - The New Dill
Why Zelensky barked at North Korea. By Marat Khairullin.

Posted by: james | Oct 15 2024 18:08 utc | 12

@ Ogre | Oct 15 2024 18:01 utc | 11

orge - i see we read some of the same substack pages! sorry for reposting the link you also shared..

Posted by: james | Oct 15 2024 18:09 utc | 13

@Ogre #11
I think there is a big difference between being part of the whip hand (Vietnam, Iraq) vs fighting a peer enemy who is actually advantaged vs you.
As such, it would be extremely surprising to see South Korean troops in Ukraine.
For that matter - all the talk about mercenaries and sheep dipped and what not: this can matter in a coup or in a civil war between 3rd world nations; it is not at all clear how much benefit there is in 1000, 5000, 10000 or even 20000 mercenaries in a conflict between armies of 700K+ each.
Russia has demonstrated that even REMFs are not safe, so any mercenaries fighting for Ukraine are truly earning their pay.

Posted by: c1ue | Oct 15 2024 18:12 utc | 14

South Korea’s defense minister Kim Yong-hyun last week called the reports of North Korean military personnel helping Russia “highly likely.” How much did he pocket ?

Not CIA/FBI/NSA/etc & Intel Czar(ODNI) levels of: "With High Confidence" ? Formally assessed as "Highly Likely", my old skinny ass. A Battalion(?) of 3,000 ?!

Oh this is comedy gold by ignorant low grade script writers. Based on multiple internal 'Chinese Banderastan Whispers'. lol

Posted by: Outraged | Oct 15 2024 18:17 utc | 15

I'm personally more alarmed by Russia's use of Lizardmen, Moorlocks and those three-headed Martians allegedly born to the Pope and bred in the Vatican's vaults. I've also head that the Lord of the Nazgul himself regularly barnstorms Kiev.

But seriously, what the actual f*** is going on in the world today? We must be reaching peak hysteria, surely? The rapidity of our decline into total retardation socially, politically (have you heard Baerbock lately?) and culturally (don't ask what the kids watch these days) is breathtaking. I thought the COVID times were nuts, but this is through the looking glass, people...

Posted by: Patroklos | Oct 15 2024 18:20 utc | 16

Good analysis on Simplicius saying this is just made up to justify more Western Mercs in Ukrainian ranks.

Posted by: Pym of Nantucket | Oct 15 2024 18:23 utc | 17

The DPRK has a population of 26 million. It’s tiny

Posted by: Exile | Oct 15 2024 16:53 utc | 1

In terms of total population.

In terms of the size and capabilities of its army, it's in top 10 in the world.

In fact, it had a large active military than Russia prior to the start of the SMO.

Posted by: 1917 | Oct 15 2024 18:33 utc | 18

Yeah, it definitely feels like a Western media thing. Both with the "making a deal with the devil" angle. And with the trying to get allies to commit troops to UFA.

All that said, both sides have been adaptable. And I'm sure the Russkis would welcome the bodies.

Posted by: Anonymous | Oct 15 2024 18:36 utc | 19

Sputnik Radio's DC outlet is being shut down today under US State Department orders. Freedom of speech and of the press is gradually disappearing in the West.

Posted by: Lysias | Oct 15 2024 18:37 utc | 20

"Besides that the language and cultural problems would make the integration of such forces into Russian military operations nearly impossible."

Well there is currently a big bunch of Colombian paramilitaries getting smashed for Zelensky, even the occasional Peruvian or Mexican weirdo. Why would it be different with North Koreans and Russians which do have a long history of mutual cooperation?

Posted by: Mariátegui | Oct 15 2024 18:40 utc | 21

By cancelling last week's Ramstein summit, the US has consigned Project Ukraine to hospice care.

Posted by: KevinB | Oct 15 2024 17:17 utc | 3

That's desperate cope peddled by the usual perpetrators.

Ukraine is a multidecadal project with the future of the whole planet at stake, intended to both solve the Anglo-Saxon's 400-year-old Russian problem and cement their total dominance over the whole globe. It is not merely a quick get-rich-scheme for some shady Eurocrats and US MIC slime profit off that was concocted in early 2022, even if shady Eurocrats and US MIC slime are profiting off it. You don't walk away from such a large-scale project with existential stakes just like that.

And as long as the following is a daily occurrence:

https://t.me/vvgladkov/10299

In the Belgorod district, at the turn to the settlement of Oktyabrsky, a moving regular bus was attacked by an enemy drone. Unfortunately, 8 civilians were injured, including four minors.

Two men with various shrapnel wounds were hospitalized in the city hospital No. 2 of Belgorod, two women were sent home for outpatient treatment after first aid. Four minors were hospitalized in the regional children's clinical hospital: a 17-year-old boy has a mine-blast injury and shrapnel wounds to the leg, a 16-year-old girl has a blind shrapnel wound to the shin, a 10-year-old boy has a closed craniocerebral injury and barotrauma, an 8-year-old boy has a mine-blast injury and a blind shrapnel wound to the shin. All victims are receiving the necessary assistance.

The vehicle's body was damaged and its windows were broken.

While no Iglas are taking out private jets around airports in the West and no FPVs are striking the limousines of Blackrock execs on the streets of NYC, both of which could be very easily arranged, then Russia is losing the war decisively, because its own elite either doesn't have the balls to strike back, or is in fact already a captured comprador one that is not fighting for Russia but over the size of its cut of the loot from the Russian lands, and is therefore not fighting seriously to win an existential war.

Posted by: 1917 | Oct 15 2024 18:41 utc | 22

The DPRK has a population of 26 million. It’s tiny

Posted by: Exile | Oct 15 2024 16:53 utc | 1

That is still several millions more than the current ukie population.

Posted by: Naive | Oct 15 2024 18:42 utc | 23

@ Mariátegui | Oct 15 2024 18:40 utc | 21

A bunch of random DPRK citizens within RFAF would be about as effective as any other foreigner that signs up for expedient citizenship. An effective unit influx would require an integrated command structure for those foreign outfits.

So-called-ukrainian foreign legion is, at least, a separate command structure within AFU. Nothing like that exists in RF, since they don't employ mercenaries (and after Wagner they appear to have lost any desire to already).

Posted by: boneless | Oct 15 2024 18:46 utc | 24

"The Kyiv Independent has not been able to verify these reports, which have not been confirmed beyond a single intelligence source."

Quite!

Farcical.

Posted by: Don Firineach | Oct 15 2024 18:47 utc | 25

TASS:

15 OCT, 15:43
Russia to give military help to North Korea if it comes under attack — senior diplomat
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The treaty states that in the event of an imminent threat of an act of armed aggression against one of the sides, the sides shall, at the request of one of the sides, immediately activate bilateral channels for consultations with a view to coordinating their positions and agreeing on possible practical measures to assist each other to help eliminate the threat. In the event that one of the sides comes under an armed attack by any country or several countries and thus finds itself in a state of war, the other side will immediately provide military and other assistance by all means at its disposal in accordance with Article 51 of the UN Charter and in accordance with the laws of the Russian Federation and the DPRK.

Russia to give military help to North Korea, and vice verse...

Posted by: Oliver Krug | Oct 15 2024 18:50 utc | 26

shadowbanned | Oct 15 2024 18:41 utc | 22

a) the Anglo-Saxons have got much bigger problems than Russia and the UK is rapidly heading for 3rd World status.

b) Anglo-Saxons don't even control England, their former country, let alone the whole world. Wrong century, old boy, you want the 19th.

Posted by: YetAnotherAnon | Oct 15 2024 18:51 utc | 27

Funnily enough, and bizarrely, this story was covered on BBC Radio's World Service about 30 minutes ago, sort of. The Beeb's version was liberally sprinkled with "could not be independently confirmed" tosh and concluded with the unsourced observation that amongst the junk supplied to the Ukies by the West were machine guns manufactured in 1939.

Posted by: Hoarsewhisperer | Oct 15 2024 18:54 utc | 28

@ 1917/SB | Oct 15 2024 18:33 utc | 18 & 22
You are late for your shift! This is NOT the designated Ukraine thread! Multidecadal? Poor grammar/sentence structure, must improve!
May your days be filled with love & joy, your sleep blissful & restful, dreaming of unicorns, rainbows & fields of sunflowers as far as the o_O can see ...

No balls ?

Yermak had only one brass ball,
Budakov, had two but very small,
Syrsky, was very similar,
And poor Old Zelensky, had no balls, at all.

@ Naive | Oct 15 2024 18:42 utc | 23
Touche'.

Posted by: Outraged | Oct 15 2024 18:56 utc | 29

“But seriously, what the actual f*** is going on in the world today? We must be reaching peak hysteria, surely? I thought the COVID times were nuts, but this is through the looking glass, people...”

The next “pandemic” is around the corner, especially if Trump squeaks in.

Posted by: Fred777 | Oct 15 2024 18:59 utc | 30

I guess if this is about NK I can show what Reuters is currently posting

North Korea blows up inter-Korean road, rail lines near border

Tensions have been rising on the Korean peninsula, with Pyongyang saying last week it would further fortify the areas on its side of the border.

I think NK just want to be part of the effort to bring the God Of Mammon bully down.

Posted by: psychohistorian | Oct 15 2024 19:00 utc | 31

There have always been fees to ensure that recruitment offices do not disturb customers of restaurants and night clubs. But now the former "pay-offs" on command from above were ordered to be forgotten. But this does not mean that there will be no new agreements. They will. Only more expensive.
Posted by b on October 15, 2024 at 16:49 UTC

Shaking down the restaurants and nightclub venues for the “vig” is Mafia-tier, and, just like the Mafia, there is no tolerance for freelancers going it alone:

In Transcarpathia, 225 fake students canceled the postponement from mobilization

Law enforcement officers confirmed the information about the detention of the rector of one of the universities in Transcarpathia on suspicion of organizing a scheme to evade mobilization. In total, 225 men illegally received a deferral from mobilization under the scheme.

This is reported by RegioNews with reference to the SBU department in the Transcarpathian region.

The report notes that the rector and vice-rector of a private university were detained, who, without entrance exams, enrolled applicants for undergraduate and postgraduate studies in their own and foreign universities.

"After the" admission", the defendants promised such" students " unhindered registration of a deferral. To do this, the leadership of the Transcarpathian University involved an official of the military law enforcement service in illegal activities, " the SBU said.

The defendants were detained during the registration of the next batch of "students". They were informed of suspicion of obstructing the legitimate activities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The court remanded them in custody with the possibility of bail. Malefactors face up to 8 years in prison.

"After exposing the SBU, the local commission of the Uzhgorod RTCC and the Joint Venture canceled the previously granted draft deferrals to 225 draft dodgers who used the student scheme," the SBU also reported.

Earlier, Transcarpathian media reported that law enforcement officers detained the rector of the East European Slavic University Lyudmila Nesukh for fictitious training of more than 300 men.


https://regionews.ua/ukr/news/zakarpate/1728998232-na-zakarpatti-225-feykovim-studentam-skasuvali-vidstrochku-vid-mobilizatsiyi (via translation add-on).

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And it seems those who have already escaped are in no hurry to return:

Poland Unable to Send Volunteer Unit to Ukraine Due to Low Interest [no, EchoChamber/Derek Henry/Sun of Alabama, not that kind of interest...]

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Poland has tried but failed to assemble a so-called Ukrainian legion, as 20 times fewer people than anticipated volunteered to join and go fight in Ukraine, Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said on Tuesday.

"We did not see the prevalent desire and interest that we hoped to see. Only about 300 people expressed interest, while we anticipated 5,000 to 6,000," Kosiniak-Kamysz told a news website.

The Polish defense minister said he even reached out to the Ukrainian government a few month prior with an offer to address Ukrainians in Poland and encourage them to join the volunteer unit, but to no avail.


https://sputnikglobe.com/20241015/poland-unable-to-send-volunteer-unit-to-ukraine-due-to-low-interest-1120562811.html

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And from the Marat Khairullin substack linked by others, it appears that Tel Aviv is within the range of the North Korean Hwasong-14 missile. Wonder if THAAD is capable of intercepting one...?

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Oct 15 2024 19:05 utc | 32

I doubt Western forces would be foolish enough to fully back Ukrainian troops on the battlefield - then again many Poles fell in Kursk - and Western troops have been captured and killed in Ukraine.

Wouldn't it be easier for Zelensky to just pay more foreign mercenaries to fight full - time afterall, its the Wests citizens that's paying for it.

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Oct 15 2024 19:06 utc | 33

Why are ukies and their supporters high as kites? Why ask Why?

Posted by: nook | Oct 15 2024 19:10 utc | 34

North Koreans?, you're saying I can go over there shoot at some Ruskies AND North Korean Gooks?!? Well, boy howdy, (knocking the dirt outta my jeans with my Stetson) where the hell do I sign up?

As much as many will be tempted they probably lean MAGA. What you need are some of the Iranian Arabs, those turbin wearers even Jesus says we can kill.

Posted by: Scottindallas | Oct 15 2024 19:14 utc | 35

Posted by: james | Oct 15 2024 18:08 utc | 12

Great minds..., or is it fools seldom differ?

Posted by: Oliver Krug | Oct 15 2024 18:50 utc | 26

I read that earlier. Seems today is North Korea day.
B will have to add another subsection to the blog I fear.
Things are moving way too fast, for the hegemon!

Posted by: Ogre | Oct 15 2024 19:14 utc | 36

I think bringing North Koreans to the field is a good idea because Poland is very tempted to intervene if the Ukrainian front breaks down. If Russia can communicate that if Poland intervenes at the front, Koreans will be moved from the field to the front then I think Poland and other NATO countries won't make the move.

Posted by: notsofast | Oct 15 2024 19:27 utc | 37

Since there appears to be no truth to this Ukraine/NK 'narrative' it's probably safe to assume that the Jewed-up Holier Than Thou West concocted this story to deflect attention from the crimes that the Holier Than Thou Genocide Jews are committing in Palestine & Lebanon.

Posted by: Hoarsewhisperer | Oct 15 2024 19:34 utc | 38

The North Koreans have suddenly become the "Elite Republican Guard" if someone wants to cue Bill Hicks, I'd play, "Chicks Dig Jerks" by him

Posted by: Scottindallas | Oct 15 2024 19:42 utc | 39

This story from Zelensky is so ridiculously fake that we don't even want to discuss it very much.

Posted by: Norwegian | Oct 15 2024 19:49 utc | 40

I'm going to propose that we use the term Perfidious Albion as opposed to Anglo-Saxon given that things started to go really wrong for the island dwellers with the Norman invasion in 1066 which began the existence of usury. Some one else may propose another term, but Anglo-Saxon is not correct. Give credit (haha) where it is due.

Yes indeed it's an existential roll of some very heavy dice. Blackrock et al and their controllers want and expect to have control of Ukraine, all of the Middle East, which is to say Palestine, Syria, Iraq... and Russia, which they can't conquer so they will have to subvert. What is happening in Gaza is just one phase in the Club of Rome plan. According to Dennis Meadows, author of The Limits to Growth, "we" need to cull the world population from 7 billion to 1 billion. Hmmmmmm... Culling. He also says, in a 2017 interview, that he hopes the culling can be "peaceful and slow and equal." So maybe by flooding and earthquakes as opposed to bombs and sniper fire? Or perhaps mass "vaccination." My question is what does he propose to do with the bodies??? Maybe John Kerry can come up with an environmentally friendly solution. Solyent Green? Clearly these people are demented beyond any possible description.

Forgive me if I rant. Culling six out of seven people would include a lot of bar flies, and I really do not want to lose your company. Cheers

PS. The connexion to Ukraine is obviously the Boris Johnson no peace at any cost campaign.

Posted by: Formerly Miss Lacy | Oct 15 2024 19:50 utc | 41

Posted by: Scottindallas | Oct 15 2024 19:14 utc | 35

#######

That probably sounded much smarter in your head, which should worry you, as the comment is communicating signs of severe brain damage.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Oct 15 2024 19:54 utc | 42

@ Posted by: LoveDonbass | Oct 15 2024 19:54 utc | 42

We're all brain damaged here.

Posted by: fnord | Oct 15 2024 19:58 utc | 43

Party poopers. I'm all psyched up for 50,000 DPRK troops in Kursk.

Posted by: LightYearsFromHome | Oct 15 2024 20:01 utc | 44

DPRK troops or personal labeled as semi-civil Emercom (the Russian MČS) could help in demining and cleaning of huge taken territories, towns, villages and valuable agricultural land. That would be very useful and speed matters up. It could be done well beyond the front line. And without big trouble with language when working alongside a Russian unit next square and a single translator or bilingual fellow in either unit. It would likely add some experience to DPRK engineer corps. Wouldn't be surprised if they where doing this for a long time already.

Posted by: BG13 | Oct 15 2024 20:01 utc | 45

Looks like this was an effort to upstage Musk's robot rollout that shows he pirated the designs from the film "I Robot"--nothing original and many of the bots required human assistance from the FB vids my wife showed me at lunch. I suggest the Ukies talk to Musk for their needs.

Posted by: karlof1 | Oct 15 2024 20:17 utc | 46

1917 18 genuine attempts at autarky within a hegemonic industrial civilization require outsized military umbrellas. The third reich's earlier, failed attempt at autarky is another example,

Posted by: reante | Oct 15 2024 20:39 utc | 47

c1ue 8 gabriel said technicians and advisors, not operators.

Posted by: reante | Oct 15 2024 20:44 utc | 48

@ Formerly Miss Lacy | Oct 15 2024 19:50 utc | 41
Perfidious Albion ? Absolutely! Soylent Green? Alternately ...

Posted by: Outraged | Oct 15 2024 20:54 utc | 49

Tom Pfotzer @ 14:07: "Musk's Starship just finished another flight. Nothing short of magic."

Amazing. You actually believe that shit?

You never heard of the rotation of the earth?

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.

The atmosphere does not provide a solid connection to the rotating sphere, i.e., the Earth, so the rocket actually moves west many kilometers as it rises vertically (vertically in a rotating frame). Or, if you like, the Earth moves east away from the rocket.

Thus the booster in the deception moves many kilometers westward in its 6 minute outward flight.

But the deception just has the booster fall directly down to the "chop-sticks". There is absolutely no adjustment made to regain the launching pad that is now a long way to the east. Nothing.

And that's only one of the problems.

You have to be amazingly stupid to believe that you can sell this deception.

Just too many physically impossible aspects to the deception.

Posted by: The Very Big Lies | Oct 15 2024 21:05 utc | 50

FML 41 i highly doubt dennis meadows has ever used the word culling. That would just be you projecting your subconscious fear of structural collapse onto him, meadows is an ecologist and systems theorist, and when he says that we humans are vastly in population overshoot and that therefore the population is going to collapse, it's nothing personal so stop with the woke ass defamations of him and then maybe even consider taking responsibility for the essentials of your own existence.

Posted by: reante | Oct 15 2024 21:09 utc | 51

@ SeanAU/The Very Big Lies/Deepshit/Complicated/Luis/MoonieCultist/stranger/horseguards/... | Oct 15 2024 21:05 utc | 50 Classic ingredient in gourmet cooking

Posted by: Outraged | Oct 15 2024 21:16 utc | 52

@ 5 two cents

"European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has unveiled a new ten-point EU plan to tackle illegal migration."

A one point plan : Disassemble EU

Posted by: Ornot | Oct 15 2024 21:19 utc | 53

too [email protected], changing rules for Ukrainians? You think it's possible? Cancel their Visas? They could send all those military aged men.....back to the Ukraine. Or, hmm, jam them all in what would be the equivalent of internment camps, with a choice, stay in the camp or go back to the Ukraine. And that's not ruling out future changes like say......outright deportation.

Weird I was reading something by some Plastic Garden Gnome who dared suggest, right here on MOA, that such would be the future for men who refuse their patriotic duty and fight those, those, well, nasty Russians and bathe in the glory of freeing their democracy (hint for the ATT, it's fucking black humour, ha fucking ha....get it).

Only a matter time.....tik, tik, tik.

Cheers M

Posted by: sean the leprechaun | Oct 15 2024 21:44 utc | 54

Latest DPA Conclusions video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpQFo_MFNVo

Two big take-aways:

1. We are back to a semi-static front in Kursk. As I've also noticed, lines are stuck at Lyubomoivka, etc. All the hopes and expectations of "collapse" haven't played out.

2. Some pro Russian sources are perennially too optimistic in reporting captures. (That then don't hold up.)

---

Both of these seem to be in the "seen that movie before" category.

Posted by: Anonymous | Oct 15 2024 21:45 utc | 55

Posted by: reante | Oct 15 2024 21:09

Thank you, reante, for your calm analysis and defense of reality.

I have noticed that both the the "left" and the "right" are falling for rebrandings of what should be popular opinions.
The liberals have now been convinced that free speech and the First Amendment in the US, are far right wing white supremacist ideas, and should be rejected. They show how much they hate Trump by supporting censorship and prosecution, and feel quite virtuous about their stance.

Those who consider themselves rebels against ruling class plots have been convinced that since they reject the climate change agenda, they need to reject all concerns for the ecosystem of Earth.
If you make what should be an obvious observation, that humans are overpopulated and are destroying other life and beings on our planet, they only hear "We must kill off humans", and are usually quick to denounce that as "genocidal", but just as quick to advise that the person showing concern for overshoot should kill themselves. (Which is an odd way to show how concerned they are about all human life, above all other life.)


Posted by: wagelaborer | Oct 15 2024 21:53 utc | 56

Posted by: Anonymous | Oct 15 2024 21:45 utc | 55

Go get Peted!

Kursk, yesterday, was on 200 AFU casualties. Half of when it was an active front.

AFU is dug in, cut off, and unable to make a move.

Next move is out of kursk or 6 feet under...

Posted by: Newbie | Oct 15 2024 21:56 utc | 57

Don Firineach | Oct 15 2024 18:47 utc | 25
The same source is now claiming an unknown number of NK troops ran away , but strangely can say it happened 7km from the front lines.

Posted by: Hankster | Oct 15 2024 22:00 utc | 58

I wonder what the malthusian dog whistle of 'overshoot' and 'carrying capacity' has to do with the topic. I mean, besides being lunacies stemming from the minds of empire stooges who have to justify murdering other people.

Posted by: kspr | Oct 15 2024 22:03 utc | 59

Firstly, no country sends its troops into a conflict which has very little to do with it without something in return. There is nothing that North Korea would gain from such a venture.

Secondly, Russia doesn't need such re-enforcements.

Posted by: HERMIUS | Oct 15 2024 22:08 utc | 60

Party poopers. I'm all psyched up for 50,000 DPRK troops in Kursk.

Posted by: LightYearsFromHome | Oct 15 2024 20:01 utc | 44


It's an amusing fantasy, but there are just so many practical obstacles to having even 50 NK soldiers join the SMO!

Language and comms. They'd be pretty isolated on the battle field. How many NKs or RFs speak each other's language? Such vastly different tongues would be more a liability. But they could just drive diesel trucks from A to B, I spose.

Are they going to bring all their own weapons? I'd reckon learning RF equipment would be a nightmare.

Non-combat-experienced soldiers are good for little to RF MoD. When was NK last in a war? Putin and MOD hardly need more beginners. Marching and flag waving ain't no match for the enemy in the SMO. I'm sure they'd defend Kim Jong Un with their lives from SK. But the Donbass it ain't.

I'm always bemused by ideas and rumours of ANY foreign trooos joining the SMO. Any NATOs, for instance. France? Poland? All they've had is some games, some exercises, with their mates.

And most problematic of all, does Russia even make that many noodles to feed them all?

Posted by: Not-a-troll | Oct 15 2024 22:18 utc | 61

Too Scents @ 5, Sean the Leprechaun @ 54:

If Ursula von der Leyen were honest - a quality unknown to her - she would admit her 10-point plan would give Ukrainian migrants and refugees just two options:

a) their applications for temporary visas will be fast-tracked only on the condition they serve a minimum two years in the Armed Forces of Ukraine; and

b) if they refuse to serve the minimum two years, they'll be sent back to Ukraine anyway.

If they overstay or otherwise violate the conditions of their temporary visas, they'll be sent back to Ukraine.

Other illegal migrants, especially illegal migrants from the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa will be offered similar choices, that is, their applications for temporary visas will go ahead only if they agree to fight for the AFU for a minimum two-year period, and so on and so forth.

This will be Uschi's way of dealing with illegal immigration and of pretending to assist President Zizi and fulfil his demands for more military assistance.

Posted by: Refinnejenna | Oct 15 2024 22:20 utc | 62

Anglo-Saxons don't even control England, their former country, let alone the whole world. Wrong century, old boy, you want the 19th.

Posted by: YetAnotherAnon | Oct 15 2024 18:51 utc | 27

Quite right, except not really even since the 11th century. The mythical Robin Hood was an Anglo-Saxon freedom fighter against oppressive Norman elites who took over in 1066 on behalf of some financiers who wanted to practice usury in England. The Anglo-Saxons did fight back with two wars to first get the Magna Carta signed, and then to get it de facto established. Just as Anglo-Saxons were making progress, they were invaded again in 1688 by mercenaries financed by the the directors of the bank of Amsterdam. That brought the Bank of England into being, and since 1714, the UK has been ruled by German royal families on behalf of the financiers of the City of London.

Posted by: Drifter | Oct 15 2024 22:23 utc | 63

Posted by: Formerly Miss Lacy | Oct 15 2024 19:50 utc | 41

In my estimation the term, 'Anglo/Zionist', is more descriptive of the Western PTB than, 'Anglo/Saxon'.

You mentioned Black Rock which has over $11 trillion in assets-who runs that behemoth-Larry Fink..I could go on.

Posted by: canuck | Oct 15 2024 22:26 utc | 64

THE (FAKE) MOON LANDINGS

Interestingly, it has always been trivial to show the moon landings were faked.

This proof that I heard 20 or 30 years ago is quite good.

The "astronauts" left footprints in the lunar dust in the vicinity of the lander.

In particular, they left footprints almost under the lander.

This is impossible as the rocket engine of the lander would have blown away all the dust.

QED

Posted by: The Very Big Lies | Oct 15 2024 22:34 utc | 65

wagelaborer 56 yeah thx brother for speaking up. Thd Elites mindfuck both sides. Woke and anti-woke are two sides of the same coin. Amd since the woke side is still clinging, barely, to bureaucratic power, the anti-woke present with a crippling case of oppositional defiant disorder, like kspr. Not exactly hard to predict what the new woke will be when its already here all around us. Fuckin gone sheeple. Pussy ass motherfucking little bitches who cant stand on their own two feet. I used to be one myself, didnt break free of that shit til i was 33.

Posted by: reante | Oct 15 2024 22:36 utc | 66

Not-a-troll | Oct 15 2024 22:18 utc | 61
…does Russia even make that many noodles to feed them all?
One advantage of using DPRK troops is you don’t need to feed em. They are used to starvation.
Second, if you do feed em, they’ll eat grass ….

Posted by: Melaleuca | Oct 15 2024 22:47 utc | 67

Exile

“The DPRK has a population of 26 million. It’s tiny”

Yuh.
And Ukraine’s population is even tinier.
That’s why they’ve going to win the war.
Russia is even smaller, according to the BBC.
And China smaller still.

All dwarfed by the globe’s true massive superpower,
the Pitcairn Islands.

Posted by: Andrew Sarchus | Oct 15 2024 22:58 utc | 68

Not-a-troll @ 61

The really big problem would be the AFU taking N.Korean prisoners of war. That would be a crazy coup for NATO, Kiev, and western media and a real shit show for the DPRK. What exactly would they trade to get their soldiers back?

Anyway, I'm still rooting for Kim's Elves to show up at Helm's Deep.

Posted by: LightYearsFromHome | Oct 15 2024 23:05 utc | 69

Don’t underestimate the North Koreans.
As the Nazis found out in 1945 and NAZO is finding out now, racism doesn’t win wars. It lures you into wars that you will lose.

Posted by: Andrew Sarchus | Oct 15 2024 23:06 utc | 70

“The DPRK has a population of 26 million. It’s tiny”

Yes. But it has a simply massive military and weapons industry all thanks to the western threats and marginalization of the last 70ys. ClownWorld blowback and another one of the big bills arriving at the banquet table.

Posted by: LightYearsFromHome | Oct 15 2024 23:11 utc | 71

Andrew Sarchus @ 70

racism doesn’t win wars. It lures you into wars that you will lose.

In a nutshell. And why I'm actually optimistic, it's the interim that I'm a doomer over, in each western organized world war the death and destruction scaled by orders of magnitude. Napoleon killed as many people as the Black Death and it just got better from there.

Posted by: LightYearsFromHome | Oct 15 2024 23:24 utc | 72

@LightYearsFromHome | Tue, 15 Oct 2024 23:05:00 GMT | 69

The really big problem would be the AFU taking N.Korean prisoners of war. That would be a crazy coup for NATO, Kiev, and western media and a real shit show for the DPRK. What exactly would they trade to get their soldiers back?

Anyway, I'm still rooting for Kim's Elves to show up at Helm's Deep.


The thing about N. Korea in the fight is that they are China's only treaty ally.

Article 2 of their 1961 treaty:

"Article 2
The Contracting Parties undertake to jointly take all measures to prevent any country from aggression against any of the Contracting Parties. If one of the Contracting Parties is attacked by any country or several countries in a coalition and thus falls into a state of war, the other Contracting Party shall immediately provide military and other assistance to the best of its ability."

https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E4%B8%AD%E6%9C%9D%E5%8F%8B%E5%A5%BD%E5%90%88%E4%BD%9C%E4%BA%92%E5%8A%A9%E6%9D%A1%E7%BA%A6

Big problems for Ukraine/NATO if it escalates and drags North Korea in deeper, China might tag along. It depends greatly though on how willing the Chinese are to "honor" the treaty if North Korea happens to invoke it.

Posted by: James M. | Oct 15 2024 23:51 utc | 73

That brought the Bank of England into being, and since 1714, the UK has been ruled by German royal families on behalf of the financiers of the City of London.

Posted by: Drifter | Oct 15 2024 22:23 utc | 63


Hence that fine old Scots Jacobite tune “Wha the devil hae ye gotten for a King but a wee wee German lairdie…”

Posted by: Joe Turner | Oct 15 2024 23:58 utc | 74

Just thought some might find this of value.

https://t.me/boris_rozhin/140849

Kupyansk is being evacuated.

Posted by: Suresh | Oct 15 2024 23:58 utc | 75

It should be noted NK did offer troops but the offer was declined, publicly. I can assure you though that the Kims are very interested in giving their parade troops actual battle experience so I wouldn't be surprised if they were aping nato and using them behind the lines for long range strikes using different weapons.

Russia wouldn't oppose that and if they die behind the lines it's ever so easy to cover it up.

But since nato guys already do that it won't cut any ice with his victory plan. They'll want to see entire brigades holding the line before they'll be forced to notice it. As it is they aren't eager for any publicity for their role in behind the lines actions either hence it's a push.

Posted by: Neofeudalfuture | Oct 16 2024 0:02 utc | 76

And from the Marat Khairullin substack linked by others, it appears that Tel Aviv is within the range of the North Korean Hwasong-14 missile. Wonder if THAAD is capable of intercepting one...?

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Oct 15 2024 19:05 utc | 32

Speaking of Koreans & Marat, his latest take is the hegemon greatest asset is South Korea.

Oh, and my post @ 75 was mainly for the Trainspotter.

Posted by: Suresh | Oct 16 2024 0:09 utc | 77

Now that Russia has identified many Nato elite fighters in the Kursk region, it's possible they have given warning that Ramstein base is a potential target. That may be why the "summit" was canceled and probably won't be rescheduled there. Biden & Co. couldn't care less about hurricane victims in the US.

Posted by: norecovery | Oct 16 2024 0:10 utc | 78

Kupyansk is being evacuated.

Posted by: Suresh | Oct 15 2024 23:58 utc | 75

Remember the arc I mentioned earlier? Kharkiv and Izium are in, kupyansk is out.

Is the AFU getting smart?

Posted by: Newbie | Oct 16 2024 0:15 utc | 79

Posted by: Suresh | Oct 15 2024 23:58 utc | 75
> Just thought some might find this of value.
> https://t.me/boris_rozhin/140849
> Kupyansk is being evacuated.

I guess you meant this video

https://t.me/RVvoenkor/78807

Posted by: hopehely | Oct 16 2024 0:16 utc | 80

Posted by: Suresh | Oct 15 2024 23:58 utc | 75
> Just thought some might find this of value.
> https://t.me/boris_rozhin/140849
> Kupyansk is being evacuated.

I guess you meant this video

https://t.me/RVvoenkor/78807

Posted by: hopehely | Oct 16 2024 0:16 utc | 81

DS Map intel dropped.

https://deepstatemap.live/en#6/49.4324126/32.0581055

Overall, poor day of advances for the RFA. Less than 7 kmsq. (Need to get 16/day to match SEP pace.) Also, I checked Kursk for even gray zone moves, but none. Front is stalled again...so much for "collapse".

S to N:

1. ~ 5kmsq W of Pryuitne (E of hamlet called Levadne). (On the "flat" part of the front, W of Staromiorske.) Looks like a recent real advance, not cope concession. Part of the recent pecking away on the Zhap front, reawakening.

2. ~0.5 kmsq in Ostrivske, plus conceding the town capture. This is the tentacle reaching towards Kurakhove. Not strategic as the tentacle was already mostly there and just finally conceded last part of the town.

3. ~1.0 kmsq along the railway NW of Tsukuryne, as well as a very small spur in a treeline headed due W into the fields. Slightly strategic as it supports the eventual encirclement of Selydove. The railway tentacle is about 1.7 km from the southern supply road into Selydove (gray is 1.2 km away from the road). However even if that road is cut, there are two good roads (W and NW of Sely) which will be difficult to cut, sans a 100% encirclement.

4. Another tiny advance in Toretsk (like yesterday). Under 0.1 kmsq. Not even sure why he tells us this.

Posted by: Anonymous | Oct 16 2024 0:27 utc | 82

If the unit is called the Buryats then it is most likely made up of Russian citizens that live in the Republic of Buryatia. Ukraine intelligence is probably making the same mistake its Nazi forefathers did, not understanding the multi-racial and multi-cultural nature of the Russian Federation so they probably confuse Buryats who speak the Buryat language with North Koreans who speak Korean. Unlike the United States which mostly exterminated its indigenous population, the Russian Empire absorbed them.

From Wikipedia

The Buryats[a] are a Mongolic ethnic group native to southeastern Siberia who speak the Buryat language. They are one of the two largest indigenous groups in Siberia, the other being the Yakuts. The majority of the Buryats today live in their titular homeland, the Republic of Buryatia, a federal subject of Russia which sprawls along the southern coast and partially straddles Lake Baikal.

From Google AI.

AI Overview
Buryats and Koreans are similar in that they are both genetically close and share some linguistic and cultural traits:
Genetic closeness
According to FST genetic distance measurements, Buryats are genetically closest to Koreans among the major East Asian ethnic groups.
Linguistic traits
Both Buryat and Korean are part of the Altaic group of languages, which also includes Mongolian and Turkish. Ancient forms of these languages share similar roots and constructions.
Cultural traits
Buryats and Koreans share some cultural traits, including:
Nomadic lifestyle: Buryats are known for their nomadic lifestyle.
Religious practices: Buryats practice shamanism, ancestor worship, and Buddhism, while Korean culture is deeply influenced by Buddhism.
Family values: Korean culture is rooted in family values and respect for people of higher status, rank, or age.

But saying Buryats are Korean makes for good propaganda and how many in the West have ever heard of Buryats?

Posted by: Ghost Ship | Oct 16 2024 0:44 utc | 83

@ Andrew Sarchus | Oct 15 2024 22:58 utc | 68
Thank you for that. Needed the laugh. Prost!

&

Under the McKinder Theory & consequential geostrategy, the one thing that must never be allowed to occur, was an alliance between Russia(USSR) & China(PRC)... well, empire has gone beyond a hat-trick, they've added Iran & North Korea as well. Oopsie.

It's all coming together along with BRICS+ in upcoming Kazan, when Empire, and its Vassals, from US on down are post SMO, naked and critically militarily vulnerable (Few armaments nor ordnance in the arsenal/s)(Most crucially of all, every category & type of AD/AA interceptor missiles), objectively nil competent/capable comparative militaries ?

Oh, and how reliable are those US nukes, hm, and how vulnerable is the single Royal Navy boomer on Patrol station duty(check your baffles). Effective ABM defenses, even extant ?

Do hope those Rule Britannia chaps jolly well sorted out the sheered containment vessel bolts on the nuke sub ... super glue was never a good idea ... nor the forced emergency breach surfacing of the preceding Patrol sub, due, internal fire ... oopsie.

The next few weeks we very well may be 'Living in Interesting times', as the Chinese say(It's a curse!), huge, huge'm, number of spinning plates up in the air.

Prost!

Putin asks MPs to approve ‘strategic partnership’ with North Korea (Treaty) (RT)
The treaty signed in June includes a mutual defense pact

Russian President Vladimir Putin has formally requested that the State Duma ratify the treaty on comprehensive strategic partnership with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

The treaty was signed during Putin’s trip to Pyongyang in June and includes pledges by Russia and the DPRK to assist each other in case of foreign aggression. The Russian media reported on Monday that the ratification proposal had been registered in the legislature’s docket.

According to the treaty signed by Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, the two countries would “cooperate with each other to ensure lasting regional and international peace and security.”

The explanatory note attached to the bill said lawmakers that Russia and the DPRK are committed to establishing “global strategic stability and a fair multipolar international system,” and are basing their partnership on the “principles of mutual respect for state sovereignty and territorial integrity, non-interference in internal affairs, equality and other principles of international law.”

The document includes an article that states that “if one of the parties is subjected to an armed attack by any state or several states and thus finds itself in a state of war, the other party will immediately provide military and other assistance by all means at its disposal in accordance with Article 51 of the UN Charter” and national legislation.

Moscow and Pyongyang also pledged not to conclude any agreements “directed against the sovereignty, security, territorial integrity, the right to free choice and development of political, social, economic and cultural systems and other key interests of the other Party” with any third countries.

Another article spells out the opposition of Russia and the DPRK to Western sanctions, describing them as the “application of unilateral coercive measures, including those of an extraterritorial nature,” illegal and contrary to international law and the UN Charter. Moscow and Pyongyang have pledged not to apply such sanctions against each other...

Posted by: Outraged | Oct 16 2024 0:53 utc | 84

It is possible is some reguard. For instance, placing them on engineering details cleaning up the mess lefts behind. Clearing mines and wrecked vehicles. Getting farmland ready to be planted by grading out the impact craters. Clearing debris in what is left of cities and villages. Russia has a long history of using or some would say exploiting North Korean labor. The truth is probably somewhere on the outer edges of these allegations.

Others say different. The exploiting allegations all come from deep state outlets. One could ask, show me the video.

The U.S. State Department’s latest Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report describes labor camps in Russia filled with North Korean workers toiling in “slave-like conditions,” immediately conjuring up images of the gulag and high Stalinism. The State Department report notes that tens of thousands North Koreans working abroad are forced to work up to 20 hours a day for meager compensation, leaving the reader with a conclusion: Russia must stop exploiting North Korean labor immediately.

But a more nuanced reading of North Korean economic migration to Russia tells a different story of the labor camps. Crucially, the mechanics of migration from North Korea indicate a degree of volition that the State Department report ignores: prospective workers pay hefty bribes to local government officials for the opportunity to work outside the country.

The Real Story of North Korean Labor Camps in Russia

Posted by: circumspect | Oct 16 2024 1:03 utc | 85

@ James M. | Oct 15 2024 23:51 utc | 73

It depends greatly though on how willing the Chinese are to "honor" the treaty if North Korea happens to invoke it.

Well, based on their 'balls to the wall' unlimited commitment, at the risk of their own nation State re entrance into the Korean war, after continuous war & destruction going back 39 years, to defend a millennium's old client State & people against a nuclear superpower, two other nuclear powers & essentially a western/NATO coalition of willing vassals which they call 'The War Against American Aggression'(IIRC) and immensely proud of ... having shielded/supported DPRK ever since, wouldn't be betting against it ... given they are clearly an identified upcoming item on Empires, menu selection.

Posted by: Outraged | Oct 16 2024 1:08 utc | 86

@reante #48
You clearly did not read the full post.
Technicians and advisors on the front

Posted by: c1ue | Oct 16 2024 1:19 utc | 87

Posted by: Outraged | Oct 15 2024 18:56 utc | 29

It is possible to use & eacute ; (without any space).

Touché.

Anyway, thanks for your reply.

Posted by: Naive | Oct 16 2024 1:50 utc | 88

Posted by: Outraged | Oct 16 2024 0:53 utc | 84

Such partnerships should be concluded with China and Iran.

My two cents.

Posted by: Naive | Oct 16 2024 1:53 utc | 89

I'm sure this will just be an unintended outcome of the war, not planned beforehand whatsoever. Pure Cohencidence.


https://media.gab.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=568,quality=100,fit=scale-down/system/media_attachments/files/167/400/212/original/d89ca2728c5cb4bb.jpg

Posted by: Moonie | Oct 16 2024 1:53 utc | 90

It looks more and more like the rest of the world against the western countries which plundered, killed, genocided the rest of the world for more than five centuries.

The yankee pnac is turning into a plan for a new century without a western criminal hegemony.

Posted by: Naive | Oct 16 2024 1:58 utc | 91

Western estimates total UKrop loses (WIA/KIA/MIA) @ 1.8 million.

https://t.me/infantmilitario/138930

Posted by: Suresh | Oct 16 2024 1:59 utc | 92

Posted by: Moonie | Oct 16 2024 1:53 utc | 90

LOL, the plan was to make it an Israel #2 or a new Khazaria.

Posted by: Naive | Oct 16 2024 1:59 utc | 93

Let me try to assess where we are on our way into WW3.

Israel has not retaliated against Iran's attack against its military infrastructure.
Maybe that is, because they've learned the hard way that they cannot intercept Iran's hypersonic missiles - so now they are completely vulnerable, to what they believe are Iran's nuclear weapons.
Maybe they are even right about this - Iran possesses uranium enriched far beyond what is needed for fuel rods of nuclear power plants. If they have enough weapons grade uranium, building bombs may just be a matter of weeks, and, as we saw, they do have the carrier systems to hit every point in Israel.
So far, this looks like stability - mutual nuclear deterrence.

What changes the equation, is the USA. They need not fear Iran's nukes because the Iranians have not developed ICBMs capable of traveling all the way to Washington. They don't have submarines, either. So they may choose to hit - on Israel's behalf - Tehran.

For me, this is reason enough to prefer Donald Trump over the cackling monster. Trump knows what nuclear weapons are, he respects them and will go to great lengths to prevent them from being used.

To complete the picture, Russia may still weigh in -
1) by supplying air defense systems to Iran that can intercept incoming ICBMs
2) by supplying ICBMs to Tehran, that can reach the US mainland
3) by providing Iran with a guarantee, announcing it will retaliate for every nuclear hit that reaches Iran. Airbase for airbase, Washington and Langley (or the City of London) for Tehran, and so forth.
The above are alternatives. Russia will chose one and use diplomatic channels if possible.

So that's it, for tonight. By the way, Israel can hit every point in Europe. Sleep well, barflies, if you can.

Posted by: grunzt | Oct 16 2024 2:08 utc | 94

North Koreans predominately have a samtering of Russia language, in particular the officer corp

Posted by: Grishka | Oct 16 2024 2:09 utc | 95

Ghost Ship | Oct 16 2024 0:44 utc | 83
Thanks; excellent and informative post.

Posted by: robjira | Oct 16 2024 2:25 utc | 96

@ Naive | Oct 16 2024 1:50 utc | 88
use & eacute ;
Por favor ?

@ Naive | Oct 16 2024 1:58 utc | 91
I'd be going back a little over two millenia, meself. Cheers.

@ grunzt | Oct 16 2024 2:08 utc | 94

Maybe that is, because they've learned the hard way that they cannot intercept Iran's hypersonic missiles
... nor ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, various drones & long range enhanced pickle jars.

And, even supposing they could, they retired 30 useless patriot batteries ... the THUD-DUD, sorry THAAD, is an equally useless dud, And with probably max ~100 THAAD interceptors(good for 50 total probable potential intercepts), critical shortage of remaining Arrow & David's Sling, as well as air-launched AA, including ever diminishing finite quantity of appropriate interceptors ... Iron Dome is irrelevant ... ?

Now, excluding, Hezbollah, Ansar Allah, Iraqi resistance militia's complementary ordnance, how many of all types, going back to ancient '50's SCUD derivatives, does merely just Iran have to launch in sequential salvo's, until Israel has ZERO interceptor's, ZERO batteries & ZERO ADS/ABM defense ? One, generic, shit-ton, of.

Cheers & goodnight also.

Posted by: Outraged | Oct 16 2024 2:34 utc | 97

Romania is reporting that the NK's are infected with terrible diseases and are certainly cannibals. The fighters are all members of the "Vlad the Impaler battalions" and like to eat anyone that pays the church of Rome for forgiveness. These "biters" are also reported in Poland and Slovakia. Then there are the dog squads, jet black, red eyes wearing explosive backpacks that start ticking loudly on and off as they run after the citizens. I can't even tell you what is going on in Moldova because they will come for me and my family.

Posted by: Tard | Oct 16 2024 2:54 utc | 98

Zelensky is a real scumbag. He cares not who dies in pursuit of this proxy war on behalf of his Western sponsors.

"The news of that change came at the same time as the UK mulles about sending military instructors to Ukraine."

Ok. So let them come and get thrown into the Russian meat grinder.

Posted by: Kay | Oct 16 2024 2:57 utc | 99

Speaking, as we were, in a kinda off-topic ramble, about German Imposters of the Brutish Throne.
For reasons probably nefarious and undisclosed, King Charles and his Whore-Queen are gracing Australia with a Royal Tour. The various State Premiers have chosen not to rush to Canberra to greet him.
“Otherwise engaged” they claim to be.
Nigel Farage (as if anyone in Oz knows or cares) has fired up and scolded us with a good verbal spanking.
We’ve been threatened with bed without dinner for our impertinence.

Posted by: Melaleuca | Oct 16 2024 3:01 utc | 100

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