Ukrainian President Zelenskyy highlights major losses for Russia in the Kursk area, with intense battles ongoing near Makhnivka and in the Pokrovsk direction.
    • ɔiƚoxɘup
      9•4 months ago

      They just know if they’re captured alive, their families die.

      • HubertManne
        2•4 months ago

        and since they don’t know if they died or are captured there is really only one thing that happens.

        • ɔiƚoxɘup
          3•4 months ago

          I’d like to think that now that Ukraine knows this, they will be quiet about North Korean prisoners. It’s the right choice ethically, but I think there’s probably also stragic gain to be had.

          Also, North Korea is dumb, but they’re not plumb dumb. If they kill enough soldiers’ families, they’ll have morale issues. They’re smart enough to “make a few examples” just to keep em terrified. Evil enough too. The whole situation sickens me. Like, I wasn’t a fan of them before but this is a whole new level of evil.

          Sacrificing thousands of human lives just to get military tech.

          NK needs to be conquered and liberated.

          • @[email protected]
            4•4 months ago

            At this point, no country nearby wants that to happen. The number of refugees would be insurmountable, and the skills that they have are completely un generalizable.

            • ɔiƚoxɘup
              2•4 months ago

              That’s a very valid point. Never thought about that.

              A bloodless coup then?

              I just feel bad for all the north Korean citizens. Largely blameless, universally suffering.