Russia suffers 600,000 casualties, deploys North Korean troops: NATO

MARK RUTTE
NATO SECRETARY GENERAL
“The deployment of NorthKorean troops to Kursk is also a sign of Putin’s growing desperation. Over 600-thousand Russian soldiers have been killed or wounded in Putin’s war and he is unable to sustain his assault on Ukraine without foreign support.”

[ryan robertson]
YOU HEARD THAT RIGHT. NATO’S NEW SECRETARY GENERAL SAYS A STAGGERING 600,000 RUSSIAN TROOPS ARE EITHER DEAD OR WOUNDED AS A RESULT OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE.

TO ADDRESS ITS GROWING NEED FOR MORE BODIES TO THROW INTO ITS MEAT WAVE ATTACKS–MOSCOW TURNED TO SOME FOREIGN FRIENDS, DEPLOYING 10-THOUSAND NORTH KOREAN TROOPS TO BOLSTER ITS RANKS.

SECRETARY-GENERAL MARK RUTTE CALLED THE MOVE A “SIGNIFICANT ESCALATION” AND A “BREACH OF U-N SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS.” REPORTS SUGGEST THE NORTH KOREANS ARE ALSO ARE USING CIVILIAN VEHICLES TO CONCEAL THEIR MOVEMENTS.

THEIR PRESENCE IN THE UKRAINIAN WAR IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE KREMLIN’S INCREASED RELIANCE ON FOREIGN ALLIES TO WAGE ITS WAR.
AND IT’S ALL BEING WIDELY DOCUMENTED BY INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES IN UKRAINE, AND SOUTH KOREA.

KIEV INITIALLY IDENTIFIED NORTH KOREAN SOLDIERS AMONG RUSSIAN CASUALTIES DURING AN EARLY OCTOBER COUNTERATTACK, AND SEOUL IS HIGHLIGHTING PLANS FOR FURTHER REINFORCEMENTS FROM NORTH KOREA.

IN ADDITION TO PERSONNEL, PYONGYANG IS ALSO SUPPLYING RUSSIA WITH A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF ARTILLERY AND MISSILES TO SUPPORT THE ONGOING OPERATIONS IN UKRAINE. HOWEVER, THE NORTH KOREAN HARDWARE HAS A FAIRLY HIGH LEVEL OF FAILURE RATE ACCORDING TO RUSSIAN MILITARY BLOGGERS.

MEANWHILE, ANALYSTS IN EUROPE AND THE U-S ARE POINTING TO RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN’S RELUCTANCE TO INITIATE ANOTHER TROOP MOBILIZATION AT HOME, OPTING INSTEAD FOR UNCONVENTIONAL RECRUITMENT MEASURES TO AVOID ANY MORE DOMESTIC UNREST.

THE PENTAGON SAYS IT WILL PLACE NO RESTRICTIONS ON AMERICAN-SUPPLIED WEAPONRY USED AGAINST NORTH KOREAN TROOPS AIDING RUSSIA. AND, AS THE U.S. INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF WAR REPORTS, RUSSIA’S ECONOMIC AND MANPOWER CONSTRAINTS COULD PROMPT THE KREMLIN TO LEAN FURTHER ON ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF SUPPORT.

NATO’S CASUALTY ESTIMATES CLOSELY MATCH RECENT ASSESSMENTS FROM THE PENTAGON AND UKRAINE, PUTTING RUSSIAN COMBAT LOSSES AT OVER 654-thousand AS OF EARLY OCTOBER.

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