NATO asks South Korea for intelligence on North Korean SOF | Ukraine: The Latest | Podcast

Day 972.

Today, as another Russian oligarch dies in mysterious circumstances after falling from a window, we analyse quite how good the North Korean soldiers apparently on their way to Ukraine actually are.

Contributors:
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
James Rothwell (Berlin Correspondent). @JamesERothwell on X.
With thanks to Kateryna Shenheliia-Hanapolska (Freelance journalist). @eshenheliia on X.

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[snowyr]

North Korean soldiers now alongside Russians in Ukraine territory. How many liberties will the West afford Putin, at this point he does exactly what he wants whilst issuing threats. Long range weapons need full permission granted and Nato soldiers should also be in Ukraine.

[kevinm.]

No reporting yet on Australia‘s 🇦🇺 donation of 49 M1A1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine🇺🇦?🤔

[speakeasy]

Incredible! It was known before before the point at which The Free & Honourable Free Peoples Ultra Free Democratic Free North Korean soldiers crossed the line to fight in Ukraine.
This was a great opportunity to claim the right by Western allies to take the brakes off aid and use it to either break any remaining supposed red lines on ANY Western intervention, or if this had been threatened by the West in response to the information that North Korea may enter this war, it might have had some influence on its occurance but if not it we would have communicated the consequences to Ruzzian and North Korean action.

[radudumitriu]

Brexit was passed on a narrow margin... as were numerous referendums/elections ... in Moldova, the ruzzian influence operation was real, also voting was Transnistria which is fully under ruzzian influence

[Patendyck]

As they both know that North Korea isn’t there this should be something to see.

[marisabenson]

The trolls are so transparent and ineffective.

[bro_dBow]

Needed this detail on both Moldova and Georgia. EU is trying to help, but Georgia is impractical due to location being so isolated near Russia. But this could all change if Ukraine wins.

[kevinleecaster]

Drawing South Korea onto the battlefield was yet another strategic mistake, but surrender is not my concern either. I fear they will be tasked to be barrier troops to test their loyalty.

[kailoYT]

29:35 LARP'ers? Damn that is a savage burn. I like this lady. :)

[RodneyBrown-fu]

And they haven't proven them selves to even say there special forces is slap in face to our guys special cartoons 😂😂😂

[stuartwald]

With regard to the North Korean "special forces", some are more special than others in terms of equipment, training and capability. Think of them more like the Iraqi Republican Guard, the IRGC or the Waffen-SS; they are the units most loyal to the leadership as opposed to the national army as a whole, and if the regime lasts long enough they steadily displace the "regular" armed forces (and in many places also get direct control over major economic assets).

[ulfsoderberg]

Arestovich said that the strike on Dnipro was the result of a downed rmissile, and then he was out.

[richardtaylor]

Thanks - again useful and insightful 🇬🇧

[robertdshannon]

Can we say that he had a “falling out”?

[robertricketts]

As ever, another great Podcast.Thanks.

[asgharkhan]

When will this esteemed news paper talk about Pakistan and its human rights abuses
Thunounds of people in jail most popular man Imran khan in jail
Because USA and uk are supporting the military

[rodd]

Sounds like the SOF are more like a division of SOS, maybe it was a typo that stuck.

[samsungtap]

In the recent meeting of ASEAN countries the idear of any Nato style military alliance was thrown out the window in short order sending the west a very clear message !!

[gagamba]

In South Korea is the ROK/US Combined Forces Command (CFC, 한미연합군사령부). That's US and S. Korea and each day is the combined forces' intelligence and operations briefing for commanders. One would like to think the US has been provided info of the North including special operations forces by the South for decades.

[James-eio]

Play K-Pop to the North Korean Army in the Battlefield. They love K-Pop.