• Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.ee
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      4 months ago

      That, or depending on how mistreated they were in North Korea, the soldiers surrender immediately because I’d have to assume Ukrainian prisons/jails/whatever are nowhere near as bad as just living in North Korea.

      • EleventhHour@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

        I believe this is a possibility, esp. considering how openly Ukraine will accept surrenders/defectors. Russia may be a shithole for a lot of people, but Ukraine doesn’t have a huge amount of benefit to offer most Russians (to surrender/defect) compared to North Koreans. Ya, know, aside from the freedom from chattel military slavery… but most in NK have it much worse than Russians, so the appeal would be greater.

    • Drusas@kbin.run
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      4 months ago

      Their military is not what North Korea wants to purge. That’s where they actually bother to send food.