With the recent letter between #
Putin and Kim Jong-un making the news rounds, the quality of reporting that I've been seeing compels me to make a correction that might not matter at all to anyone, but I feel it's vital:
#
DPRK troops have
not, as far as I've been able to verify, been deployed
to Ukraine. And I have to wonder what narrative these outlets are trying to push when they say "in Ukraine" when they really mean "in the Kursk area of Russia", which has been partially occupied by Ukraine this month, or other areas of Russia that have seen Ukrainian incursion.
The DPRK didn't send troops into the conflict until after parts of #
Russia had begun to be occupied by Ukrainian counteroffensives, and internationally speaking, I think it would be a big deal if Korean troops were seen in #
Ukraine itself.
This is definitely an invitation to prove me wrong, as I'll admit I haven't been keeping an eagle eye on this war as much as I know many have. It does stand that, right now, the letter in question is around Korean troops availing themselves in Kursk, specifically, which many journalists I've seen state as being "in Ukraine" — which I find quite interesting.
(Also, friendly reminder that I don't really have a personal side in this conflict. I'm a dastardly centrist when it comes to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and care only for the victims of the war, not for their respective states.)