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[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 month ago (2 children)

According to the source, the motives for the escape have not been established, and the Russian army has begun searching for them. At the same time, Russian military officials are trying to conceal this information from higher command.

Well, good luck with that.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago

I wonder why they escaped... They come from the most oppressive country in the world and suddenly they are trasported in the middle of Europe. I guess many places would be happy to take them. If I were one of those soldiers, I would learn how to say "I surrender" and "I know where russians troops sleep" in ukrainian

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

Let's just keep it between you and me for now.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 month ago (3 children)

If anything, what's surprising is that only 18 have fled so far...

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago

That we have reports of.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

North Korea undoubtedly have vetted political officers whose job is to shoot any regular troops who look like making a break for it, just in case the learned helplessness doesn’t hold.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

How many died? If I were a UA soldier, I would probably be shooting everyone running at me from Russia. I'm surprised 18 made it across alive.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 month ago

Pretty telling that the North Koreans seem to be smarter than the average mobik.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago

In hindsight, sending starving North Korean soldiers into the breadbasket of Europe to fight the breadmakers might not have been a great idea.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

Surprised Pikachu face! 😂

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Good luck. o7

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is probably a dumb question (sorry if it is), but which border were they running towards? I can imagine bad outcomes if they ran towards Ukraine and worse outcomes if they run back to Russia.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

They appear to have run towards Ukraine, which is probably their best chance to get out of this conflict alive. I'm sure Ukrainian units in the area have been alerted.