These suicides, he [White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby] said, were “likely out of fear of reprisal against their families in North Korea in the event that they’re captured.”

Zelenskyy said Friday that while “several” North Korean soldiers were captured, they were “seriously wounded and could not be resuscitated,” suggesting that some of them may have also been killed by comrades.

Kinda wish I hadn’t read this story. Such tragic, futile, needless death.

pressure-fueled indoctrination probably makes people not very dynamic, both tactically and strategically. the war against Ukraine is not a damn counterinsurgency.