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 are they actually doing anything or are they sending a few dozen observers or technicians to see how their equipment does on the field lol 
 @Eoka Pistol no fucking clue. 
 best korea gave a statement last year that they are willing to send troops to ukraine.
no idea if this about the same or if there is new info.
i doupt it will happen, korea uses very different gear then the russien military, so logistics would be a nightmare.
worst that can happen is the koreans form another "mercenary" group that gets equipped and supplied by the russiens.
would be useful for them to gain real world experience, but no idea if it will happen. 
 @Some German Guy @I am just normal /k/orean @Eoka Pistol NK 'advisory' groups showed up in Syria around where the Russians were- their gear has a shared Soviet heritage with them. Apparently they did quite well in urban struggles 
 first time i hear about this.
what were they doing, being part of wagner or where they forming there own units? 
 @Some German Guy @Eoka Pistol @I am just normal /k/orean they weren't part of Wagner, they were there with Assad's permission. It was a p small group, ostensibly to get their officers some field experience 
 interesting.
thinking about it, it would be a lot smarter to have the koreans join the coming niger war.
whatever they do there will have a lot less negative consequence when things go wrong.
also killing niggers and blue helmets is way easier, so there will be less losses for them.
especially with wagner right next to them.
a war with training wheels if you will.