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There hasn't been a single scrap of evidence to support the claims of Russia using North Korean... there have however been several cases of the media getting ca

There hasn't been a single scrap of evidence to support the claims of Russia using North Korean... there have however been several cases of the media getting caught lying about it, doctoring photos etc: https://x.com/AXChristoforou/status/1864324321960972298?t=4HMT1l1cKCYbcmGWYyaOBw https://x.com/AXChristoforou/status/1864324321960972298?t=4H... https://x.com/BowesChay/status/1864447294474457245?t=yK0OU-9joP0JyCuZkMpT4g https://x.com/BowesChay/status/1864447294474457245?t=yK0OU-9... The North Korean claims appear to be complete lies, designed to make Russia look bad.

phsau 2y ago
https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3955757/pentagon-says-10k-north-korean-troops-in-kursk-oblast/ https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/39... The DoD says North Korean soldiers are already in Kursk and preparing? News of NK armament deliveries and use is old at this point and not debatable. Is the DoD spreading fake news? Just because they haven't seen front-line combat _in Ukraine_ doesn't mean Russia isn't using NK assets.
- GordonS 2y ago
  Yes? Hasn't the DoD also maintained the line that there are no US forces in Syria for years too? It's really not so surprising that they'd lie.
  - jt2190 2y ago
    > Hasn't the DoD also maintained the line that there are no US forces in Syria for years too? If that’s true, they might want to stop publishing press releases about their actions in Syria. “CENCOM Destroys Threatening Weapons Systems in Syria” https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3983858/centcom-destroys-threatening-weapons-systems-in-syria/ https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/39... “US will remain in eastern Syria and seek to prevent IS resurgence, Pentagon says” https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-will-remain-eastern-syria-seek-prevent-is-resurgence-pentagon-says-2024-12-08/ https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-will-remain-eas...
  - KptMarchewa 2y ago
    No, they haven't.
- Dah00n 2y ago
  I believe NK soldiers are there, by I'd trust even Putin more than US sources. After all, they only state what is in their interest. Exactly like Putin. Maybe NK will use Saddam's nukes against Ukraine...
flohofwoe 2y ago
Do you have some better sources to offer than two random Twitter accounts which quite clearly sling Russian propaganda?
- GordonS 2y ago
  Pointing out evidence of a UK rag fabricating photos to fit a Western propaganda narrative is... Russian propaganda?!
  - cactacea 2y ago
    Your sources are not credible
    - GordonS 2y ago
      Nonsense, the claims are trivial to verify for yourself - the Daily Mail did post false claims about NK soldiers in the Ukraine and then dissappear the article once it had done its work.
qwery 2y ago
Yeah, the Daily Mail is tepid bin juice. It's extremely likely they fell for something they found online rather than them being the originators of the images -- they're still scum, but they aren't spending enough time or money on their "content" to be doing anything that sophisticated. All of this to say, pointing out the Daily Mail's crap doesn't really indict "the media" as a whole. I don't think that one story is what American big general guy is referring to as "reports". Russia definitely does look bad though, and that is no accident -- but I don't think it's the fake stories doing the heavy lifting.
lern_too_spel 2y ago
The Daily Mail? You clearly have no experience with Western news. Nobody takes the Daily Mail seriously. They don't even have copy editors.
- GordonS 2y ago
  I'm well aware that it's a vile hate rag, but unfortunately many people in the UK use it as a real source of "news". Most of the MSM in the UK has made false claims about NK soldiers in the Ukraine, but the Daily Mail was the most overt and easily debunked that I saw.

phsau 2y ago

https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3955757/pentagon-says-10k-north-korean-troops-in-kursk-oblast/ https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/39... The DoD says North Korean soldiers are already in Kursk and preparing? News of NK armament deliveries and use is old at this point and not debatable. Is the DoD spreading fake news? Just because they haven't seen front-line combat _in Ukraine_ doesn't mean Russia isn't using NK assets.

GordonS 2y ago
Yes? Hasn't the DoD also maintained the line that there are no US forces in Syria for years too? It's really not so surprising that they'd lie.
- jt2190 2y ago
  > Hasn't the DoD also maintained the line that there are no US forces in Syria for years too? If that’s true, they might want to stop publishing press releases about their actions in Syria. “CENCOM Destroys Threatening Weapons Systems in Syria” https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3983858/centcom-destroys-threatening-weapons-systems-in-syria/ https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/39... “US will remain in eastern Syria and seek to prevent IS resurgence, Pentagon says” https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-will-remain-eastern-syria-seek-prevent-is-resurgence-pentagon-says-2024-12-08/ https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-will-remain-eas...
- KptMarchewa 2y ago
  No, they haven't.
Dah00n 2y ago
I believe NK soldiers are there, by I'd trust even Putin more than US sources. After all, they only state what is in their interest. Exactly like Putin. Maybe NK will use Saddam's nukes against Ukraine...

flohofwoe 2y ago

Do you have some better sources to offer than two random Twitter accounts which quite clearly sling Russian propaganda?

GordonS 2y ago
Pointing out evidence of a UK rag fabricating photos to fit a Western propaganda narrative is... Russian propaganda?!
- cactacea 2y ago
  Your sources are not credible
  - GordonS 2y ago
    Nonsense, the claims are trivial to verify for yourself - the Daily Mail did post false claims about NK soldiers in the Ukraine and then dissappear the article once it had done its work.

qwery 2y ago

Yeah, the Daily Mail is tepid bin juice. It's extremely likely they fell for something they found online rather than them being the originators of the images -- they're still scum, but they aren't spending enough time or money on their "content" to be doing anything that sophisticated. All of this to say, pointing out the Daily Mail's crap doesn't really indict "the media" as a whole. I don't think that one story is what American big general guy is referring to as "reports". Russia definitely does look bad though, and that is no accident -- but I don't think it's the fake stories doing the heavy lifting.

lern_too_spel 2y ago

The Daily Mail? You clearly have no experience with Western news. Nobody takes the Daily Mail seriously. They don't even have copy editors.

GordonS 2y ago
I'm well aware that it's a vile hate rag, but unfortunately many people in the UK use it as a real source of "news". Most of the MSM in the UK has made false claims about NK soldiers in the Ukraine, but the Daily Mail was the most overt and easily debunked that I saw.