Putin's North Korean Soldiers

[quintessentone]

I am just hoping we can get a peace treaty signed in Ukraine within a month.  Per my yearly prediction entry in the Predictions thread, if it occurs I see Ukraine joining the EU, not NATO, and Russia keeping Donbass and Donetsk.

It looks like Putin has no intention of wanting a peace treaty. Rather, if you listen to him, he is only concerned about making pacts with other countries that are not allies of NATO and can inject more cannon fodder and weaponry into this war with Ukraine. He wants to "free" the countries around Iran so his exports can flow freely.

[sahgwa]

It looks like Putin has no intention of wanting a peace treaty. Rather, if you listen to him, he is only concerned about making pacts with other countries that are not allies of NATO and can inject more cannon fodder and weaponry into this war with Ukraine. He wants to "free" the countries around Iran so his exports can flow freely.

Well I hope you are wrong! A week or two before the elections Putin spoke publicly and said he was open to peace talks.

[quintessentone]

Well I hope you are wrong! A week or two before the elections Putin spoke publicly and said he was open to peace talks.

Listen to his rhetoric, see live link above. He is only interested in a peace treaty if ONLY he gets what he wants.

[Arby]

Listen to his rhetoric, see live link above. He is only interested in a peace treaty if ONLY he gets what he wants.

Putin has new rhetoric now, from an interview he gave while sitting in the back of a limo.

To paraphrase, Putin said he hasn't mentioned this before, but he doesn't see how a treaty could be signed with Ukraine because there is no legitimate person who could represent Ukraine to sign it. He says Zelensky is not a legitimate president.

So Putin says he is open to peace discussions, but he seems closed to the idea of any treaty being signed, since he claims there's nobody to sign it on behalf of Ukraine. It's also ironic that even if Putin could sign on behalf of Russia, Putin's word and his signature have such low value as to be nearly meaningless, since he has already violated the existing Budapest memorandum agreement under which Russia agreed to uphold Ukraine's security in exchange for Ukraine giving its large arsenal of nukes to Russia.

Denys Davydov included an excerpt of Putin's interview in one of his latest videos, it might be this one (or the one before this):

Update from Ukraine | Russia in Trouble, Oil sales dropped, Oil bases Kaboomed, not enough tanks

[quintessentone]

From Arby's post: "To paraphrase, Putin said he hasn't mentioned this before, but he doesn't see how a treaty could be signed with Ukraine because there is no legitimate person who could represent Ukraine to sign it. He says Zelensky is not a legitimate president."

Spoken like a true dictator.

[Freeborn]

RE: North Korean soldiers.

I'm sure I read somewhere that there is a lot of uncertainty about the current status and whereabouts of the North Korean soldiers posted to fight in Kursk etc. Even suggestions that what remains of them may have been completely withdrawn from the front line after suffering huge casualties.

Sorry I can't find where I read it so no link, apologies.

Perhaps Arby will be able to shed some light on it?

[sahgwa]

RE: North Korean soldiers.

I'm sure I read somewhere that there is a lot of uncertainty about the current status and whereabouts of the North Korean soldiers posted to fight in Kursk etc. Even suggestions that what remains of them may have been completely withdrawn from the front line after suffering huge casualties.

Sorry I can't find where I read it so no link, apologies.

Perhaps Arby will be able to shed some light on it?

I don't have much on Telegram. Latest thing I see is from back in November when North Korea sent about 50, M1989 Koksan self-propelled artillery systems to Russia. 
Prior to that is late October when the first 2,600 or so NK troops arrived.  'Highly motivated, they have families to go back to and will be executed if performing poorly.'  so the story goes.


https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-...sk-2022596

Ukraine has said that North Korean troops fighting alongside Russia in Kursk have temporarily withdrawn following weeks of heavy losses, but Kyiv is expecting that more troops sent from Pyongyang will be deployed to the area.
Meanwhile, on the front in Ukraine, Russian forces are continuing with incremental advances in the Velyka Novosilka region and near Toretsk, Pokrovsk and Kurakhove.

[quintessentone]

One of the last videos I watched (can't find it now...too many videos watched) was that NK soldiers (two soldiers) had retreated to a Russian rural area and had taken over a house for themselves and kicked out two women, one elderly into the cold to fend for themselves.

[sahgwa]

North Koreans now using horses in Kursk on the frontlines:

https://t.me/fortresskyiv/9402

Also, many reports of Chinese soldiers with the Russians. Question is are they mercs ( I have seen plenty of them on other channels) or official but covert?

https://t.me/fortresskyiv/9411

[quintessentone]

North Koreans now using horses in Kursk on the frontlines:

https://t.me/fortresskyiv/9402

Also, many reports of Chinese soldiers with the Russians. Question is are they mercs ( I have seen plenty of them on other channels) or official but covert?

https://t.me/fortresskyiv/9411

Horses, donkies, camels...oh my. What a sad tale.

It has been reported that they are indeed mercenaries, as well there are mercenaries fighting for Ukraine. If the price is right!