Engineers said to be supporting missile launches and reports of North Koreans killed near Donetsk

Engineers said to be supporting missile launches and reports of North Koreans killed near Donetsk

North Korean military engineers have been deployed to help Russia target Ukraine with ballistic missiles, and North Koreans operating in occupied areas of Ukraine have already been killed, senior officials in Kyiv and Seoul said.

There are dozens of North Koreans behind Russian lines, in teams that “support launcher systems for KN-23 missiles”, a source in Ukraine told the Guardian.

Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, last year travelled to Russia for a summit with Vladimir Putin where the two men bolstered their deepening ties with a secret arms deal.

Pyongyang’s ammunition shipments were vital in allowing Russian forces to advance in a grinding war of attrition in eastern Ukraine this summer. But it appears increasingly clear that the agreement went beyond supplying materiel.

  • McDropout@lemmy.worldEnglish
    318·
    22 days ago

    Abhorrent and unforgivable but…. not sanctionable.

    Russia‘s actions however are abhorrent and unforgivable and… sanctionable and we‘re willing to drive our own European citizens into endless inflation to protect a sovereign nation.

    • TAYRN@lemmy.worldEnglish
      72·
      22 days ago

      Sanctions are meant to prevent a current action. Reparations are meant to pay for past atrocities.

      If you were asking the USA, Germany, France, etc. to pay reparations, I’d see your point. But currently Russia is killing Ukrainians because they want more land. Sanctions are, sadly, one of the best ways to prevent more innocent deaths.

      • McDropout@lemmy.worldEnglish
        514·
        22 days ago

        I am not against sanctioning Russia; Russia is going against international law.

        But the same countries that didn‘t hesitate to sanction Russia when their ally Israel breaks international law… crickets. Makes me question their morals.

        Also, thank you for having this respectful conversation with me because I am getting attacked for having a different opinion on Lemmy.

        I didn‘t disrespect any commentator in the comments section.

        I am critical of Russia, China, USA, EU etc etc.

        • TAYRN@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          22 days ago

          Yeah, when it comes to Israel / Iran, I don’t have much to say. I’m willing to say that the USA fucked it up so much that morals are out the window.

          I don’t know if religious differences would have led us here eventually, regardless, but I honestly don’t think so.