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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.

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[–] Lemmynated@lemmy.zip 33 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Hmm and what were they doing there I wonder.

[–] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 42 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

No need to wonder, this has been covered well enough.

The DPRK doesn't have many, if any, soldiers, or officers, with combat experience from a modern battlefield. Given their geopolitical situation, that is a problem for them.

So they get to provide one of their primary allies (Russia) with some level military support, and acquire some much needed practical and relevant experience that they can bring back to their own militaries and military industries.

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This was certainly an important lesson.

[–] OutForARip@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 months ago