Propaganda leaflets dropped by Ukrainian drones over places where North Korean soldiers are hiding or moving in the Kursk region.

As we can see, Ukrainian UAV operators are aiming not only at the heads of DPRK mercenaries, but also at their new phobias - in the form of drones.

At the same time, giving them a choice: to surrender, escape from this horror and get a chance at a new life, or to die ingloriously and inevitably from an FPV drone or cluster munition.

Translation of the inscription: "Don't die in vain! Surrender is the way to survive."

https://t.me/russianocontext/5764

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[–] [email protected] 109 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

They should say "We have food, liquor and porn".

[–] disguy_ovahea 43 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeah, but Zelenskyy poops out of his butt. Gross.

[–] P1k1e 15 points 3 weeks ago

I have never LOLed so hard at a comment so stupid. 07

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[–] Dasus 5 points 3 weeks ago

"And democracy. At least a bit more,if not fully."

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[–] [email protected] 79 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This is a very good example of something that i identify as 100% propaganda but still agree with. Dont die in vain, surrender. Another pointless fucking massacre russia started.

[–] woelkchen 51 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

Dont die in vain, surrender.

They won't. The ones with families will likely rather die than surrender and I'd bet my cat that they only picked North Koreans with families. "Treacherous" North Koreans will have their entire families put in death camps.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kin_punishment#North_Korea

[–] Lemminary 37 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Inb4 the tankies denying that such a thing exists.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Well now i dont just want kim to die but i want him to suffer a horrible death

[–] Dasus 17 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

up to eight generations

extends to children born in prison

So there's like some kids being born on those camps who get told they're they're because great-great-great-great-great-grandpa was a political enemy of the government.

I lean not yet three aren't, because NK isn't that old yet, but...

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[–] Kaput 59 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I like that they used the old Communist style of esthetic to make it relatable to the Korean. Wonder what the art style is called

[–] [email protected] 42 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Socialist Realism?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 weeks ago

I was gonna say brutalist stencil style

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

"I have only potato stamps to print hundreds of these and I don't want to be sent to gulag"

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

Just imagine the silliness of military recruiting GenZ kids into wars by using anime girls.

Oh wait.

[–] Dasus 42 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

I think the should also drop usb sticks with libraries full of basic facts that NK soldiers may have never seen.

Perhaps occasionally a cheap e-reader as well. Can't inform them when theyre in NK, but now that they're there and youre already dropping leaflets, might be useful to try to deprogram them as well.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

libraries full of ~~basic facts~~ porn

Perhaps occasionally ~~a cheap e-reader~~ 50 gallon drums of hard alcohol.

If they don't get seduced into surrendering, they have a higher chance of getting caught with their pants down.. Regardless, I see it as a great way to cause confusion and disorder, anyway.

[–] Makhno 8 points 3 weeks ago

Perhaps occasionally ~~a cheap e-reader~~ 50 gallon drums of hard alcohol.

Perfect to cut through all the meth

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

Or spray almost pure LSD solution over their position and watch the mayhem from a distance which blasting the area with porn noises.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That sounds like the kind of plan the cold war era CIA would have come up with.

[–] Madison420 13 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

You mean did. We legit did dose a platoon blast music at them while screaming orders to see how it effects ability to fight. It's on video and kinda funny if not for the whole murdery purpose.

English - https://youtu.be/82CYPWny3FE?si=7-VclFL2mJ7yoZdb
Usa - https://youtu.be/vbSEU8Hv4lA?si=KaCeSqBhyRWIYQ09

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[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Cram as much porn into old smartphones and drop those.

[–] Dasus 8 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Since porn is pretty quickly produced, we need to get a new sub category of porn where Western actors teach democratic history while having orgies

[–] ZeffSyde 6 points 3 weeks ago

Finally, I can use my Sexy Ben Franklin At the Beach cosplay for good and not evil.

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Sadly, they are not proper merceneries. A mercenary fights for money, but those guys probably know their families will be repressed if they surrender.

If I was the developer of the propaganda leaflet, I would add one sentence (after double-checking with a competent social engineer):

"you get a new identity, at home they will think you died"

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Have any North Korean soldiers surrendered or allowed themselves to be taken prisoner? I recall that there was a heavily wounded soldier who was captured but later died of his wounds, but I haven't heard about any other such incidents.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I believe most of em are so effectively brainwashed/family threatened that they put a grenade under their chin.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago

They're taught to fear everything and everyone else from childhood

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Imagine traveling to another country to help the invading force try to capture it...

[–] Acemod 19 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

As far as I'm currently aware the NK meat shields are only deployed in the Kursk Oblast.

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[–] finitebanjo 18 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The year is 2038. Korean-Ukrainian food is a hit new global phenomenon, drawing tourism to the region of "Little Korea" in Ukraine where the sounds of accordion music fills the air and you can pose to have a statuette made. The people live in peace since they defected from the Russian invaders en masse.

[–] TimeNaan 15 points 3 weeks ago

Oof these are genuinely terryfying looking images, pretty effective propaganda

[–] Hawke 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Where can I get the t-shirt?

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago

I like the artstyle

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago

I dont know but north korea openly sending their troops to help russians seems a bit unfair. EU time to wake up!

[–] Graphy 10 points 3 weeks ago

Those are dope they should sell them

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I don't think they will consider surrendering to a ~~pack~~ flight of drones a good idea.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Yes. The protocol of "how to surrender" would also be useful to add.

Obviously, one cannot surrender to an FPV drone - it doesn't have enough battery for the pilot to check if one follows through with the promise.

Throwing down all weapons, raising a white cloth and walking towards the opposing side might be a good enough signal for the pilot however - they might go looking for another target before the battery runs out.

For the leaflet to achieve results, it must lay out a good method of how to surrender. And that's a lot easier with Russians since they have a language which Ukrainians understand.

To Russians, one can write "go to frequency X MHz, drop encryption and negotiate surrender" or "go to Telegram channel X to arrange surrender" but no such hope with North Koreans.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I've seen a handful of Ukraine war shots.

There's a bunch where poor Russian conscripts drop their rifles and surrender to a drone, and the drone "flies" them to a nearby base.

The alternative being the drone being the last thing you ever see.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I can confirm, it happened a few times in Kursk, I've seen the videos.

However, the drone in question was a reconnaisance drone (those have long flight times). Ideally, you never see a reconnaisance drone - it sees you from beyond visual range well enough.

I believe the situation in Kursk was that Ukrainians deliberately sent a reconnaisance drone to take a close look, and perhaps also dropped a few leaflets. Russians then understood that their coordinates were known, they had no shelter available and a strike might come any second - and made the gestures to indicate surrender.

It also helped that the Russians in question were conscripts - young people undergoing military training. Support for the war is the lowest among this age group.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

Consider this. A drone you didn't spot drops this on your feet.

Next drone might drop a grenade.

I would surrender.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Bad choice for fanatics. Can't they drop something that makes it obvious how their regime abused them, then offer them better living conditions?

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