Ukraine's military intelligence says North Korean troops are suffering heavy losses in Russia's Kursk region and face logistical difficulties as a result of Ukrainian attacks.

Summary

Ukraine’s military intelligence (GUR) reports that North Korean troops supporting Russia in the Kursk region are facing heavy casualties, logistical issues, and water shortages due to Ukrainian strikes.

Ukraine estimates 3,000 North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded out of the 10,000-12,000 deployed by Pyongyang.

Meanwhile, Russia continues its drone and missile strikes on Ukraine, with recent attacks targeting power infrastructure and civilian areas.

President Putin threatened further use of the Oreshnik hypersonic missile, while Ukraine retaliates with strategic strikes on Russian military infrastructure.

    • Obinice@lemmy.worldEnglish
      141·
      2 days ago

      I’ve not heard anyone take umbridge with calling Russians “orcs” or “ruskies” yet, to be fair, not with calling our German and Japanese enemies during WWII Jerry or Japs respectively. Jap is just a handy shortened single syllable way of saying Japanese. For another example of this in peace time, people from Great Britain get called Brits. It’s not a race thing, just a slang thing.

      The war slangs aren’t terms we’d use today of course, as they’re no longer our enemies and such slang carries the unspoken “We call them this because they’re our enemy and they don’t get to decide what we call them” connotation, but for the moment in 2024, Russia and North Korea are the enemy of Ukraine, so they’re fair game.

      I see your point though, but I don’t believe this is a race thing at all, not in my eyes anyway, I think it’s just a “They’re the enemy and we need a simple, easy and quick to pronounce slang nickname for them that is functionality useful, watch also sometimes shows our current hatred of them as our mortal enemy and as a way to help unite us against a foe, in the case of ‘orcs’ for example”.

      But yeah, if people are using these terms to be racist or whatever, screw those guys, they suck.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
        75·
        2 days ago

        The “quick and easy way,” for future reference, is NK.

        And I remove “orcs” as well when I see it. Just because the country is run by horrible people is not a reason to use epithets that cover the entire country. That is simply bigotry and it’s not okay to be bigoted against Russians and North Koreans even if their leaders do horrific things.

    • UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.mlEnglish
      312·
      2 days ago

      It’s the working class vs the 1%, not civilians vs civilians.

      Fuck these lines on the map. We should not be divided any longer!