Some 18 North Korean soldiers are believed to have deserted the Russian frontline, with Kremlin fighters reportedly searching for them.

The troops were deployed in Russia’s Kursk and Bryansk oblasts, about four miles from the border with Ukraine, when they deserted, the public broadcasting company of Ukraine, Suspilne, reported.

Intelligence officials cited by the broadcaster said the Russian military is searching for the North Korean soldiers, while commanders are trying to conceal the desertion from their higher-ups.

  • andrew_bidlaw
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    3 hours ago

    If they are sent to (or have chosen to be sent to) active warfare they aren’t the top crop and probably already in the lower caste. And, if you think about it, if the dissenting mood took place in their particularly caring family, they’d be happy to disown and carry a burden of their child who fleed. And if they aren’t, their boy can allow himself to stop giving a fuck.