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A battalion of 3,000 North Korean soldiers will shortly join Russian troops in fighting Ukraine, marking Pyongyang’s full entry into the war.

Intelligence sources said the unit has been secretly training in Russia’s Far East ahead of deployment as part of a Russian airborne regiment.

“They are called the Buryat Battalion,” a senior Ukrainian military source told Politico. Buryatia is a remote region of Russia bordering Mongolia that the Kremlin has targeted heavily for military recruitment.

The Kyiv Independent quoted another Western intelligence source claiming that North Korea had sent 10,000 soldiers to join the Russian army.

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[–] [email protected] 75 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Any North Korean soldiers captured should be held prisoner in some Scandinavian prison and fed nothing but the most decadent and tasty foods. Then when the war is over send them back to NK fatter than Kim Jon Un. That would be a real power play.

[–] interurbain1er 45 points 11 hours ago (5 children)

You can't serve Scandinavian food to prisonners it is forbidden by the Geneva convention.

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

You're thinking of Scandinavian regional delicacies and certain seasonal special dishes, none of which I've ever had the misfortune of smelling, and serving those to prisoners does sound pretty inhumane. All Scandinavian food outside of those that I I've tried or heard of tasted or sounded delicious.

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

There's more to Scandinavian food than lutefisk, y'know.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

Married into a Scandinavian family. Scandinavian baked goods are amazing.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

If meatballs and mashed potatoes with lingonberry sauce are against the Geneva convention it's probably time we had on Oslo convention.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 hours ago

Smorgasbord all day every day would be Tortute!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Because it causes Stockholm syndrome?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 hours ago

I was kind of on board with that idea, but now i'm100% on board

[–] mindbleach 2 points 7 hours ago

Just the wacky shit, not the... delicacies. Bread hollowed out for whipped cream, raw onion on cheese, unpronounceable berry yogurt.

Nothing that came out of the sea.