Ukraine

The North Korean troops in Russia thing appears to have begun in June when Russia and NK signed a mutual defence pact. Time has passed and that treaty was ratified by the Duma recently. This pact might be similar to the one the US and Great Britain shair.

Now that pact appears to be coming into force. There appears to be 3,000 NK military personnel taking up positions in Russia, and I wouldn't be surprised to find out 3,000 unfortunate Russian military personnel are going to spend the winter in NK. Next year it will be more of them.

I don't understand why it seems everyone on the Internet thinks those NK personnel will be pushed to the front lines in Ukraine. Why on Earth would they do that???

I think a pact like that will need at least 10,000 military personnel living and working in the other country to enact it. Those people will tend to be specialists, not line troops. We have thousands upon thousands of military personnel based in England and all across NATO and the world maintaining pacts like this. In the event of war those people are not combat troops. I seriously doubt we we'll see the NK military personnel showing up on the Ukrainian battlefield.

I think if some, a few, do show up fighting in Ukraine it will be a token showing for propaganda purpose.

Here's some generalized reading about it.


https://apnews.com/article/russia-n...ratification-34d616219fe7ba3d7192f0952792bd90
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian lawmakers on Thursday ratified a pact with North Korea envisioning mutual military assistance, a move that comes as the U.S. confirmed the deployment of 3,000 North Korean troops to Russia.

The lower house of the Russian parliament, the State Duma, voted quickly to endorse the “comprehensive strategic partnership” treaty that Russia’s President Vladimir Putin signed with North Korean leader King Jong Un on a visit to Pyongyang in June. The upper house is expected to follow suit soon.

The pact obliges Russia and North Korea to immediately provide military assistance using “all means” if either is attacked. It marked the strongest link between Moscow and Pyongyang since the end of the Cold War.

"Asked in June whether North Korean troops could fight alongside Russian forces in Ukraine under the pact, Putin said there was no need for that but he also announced for the first time that Russia could provide weapons to Pyongyang."


"Observers said that in exchange for military support Moscow could share sophisticated weapons technologies with Pyongyang to help improve its ballistic missile and satellite capabilities."



https://apnews.com/article/north-korea-russia-troops-ukraine-b664f8c1164e9ef859b7a618ffa92140
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. said Wednesday that 3,000 North Korean troops have been deployed to Russia and are training at several locations, calling the move very serious and warning that those forces will be “fair game” if they go into combat in Ukraine.

The deployment raises the potential for the North Koreans to join Russian forces in Ukraine and suggests expanded military ties between the two nations as Moscow seeks weapons and troops to gain ground in a grinding war that has stalemated after more than two years.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin called it a “next step” after the North has provided Russia with arms, and said Pyongyang could face consequences for aiding Russia directly. His comments were the first public U.S. confirmation of North Korea sending troops to Russia — a development South Korean officials disclosed but was denied by Pyongyang and Moscow.

White House national security spokesman John Kirby said the U.S. believes that at least 3,000 North Korean soldiers traveled by ship to Vladivostok, Russia’s largest Pacific port, in early to mid-October.

https://apnews.com/article/russia-putin-brics-summit-china-india-31a4a4af22e9475aee322f2045701fc6
"Putin also was asked about whether any North Korean troops were in Russia, which he neither confirmed nor denied. The U.S. said Wednesday that 3,000 North Korean troops have been deployed to Russia and are training at several locations."