by Tyler Durden
Friday, Oct 18, 2024 - 02:20 PM
At this point it has become clear that Zelensky is trying to scare and blackmail the West into ramping up support to Ukraine, which includes a push allow NATO membership, and with loose talk of seeking to acquire nuclear weapons to boot.
Part of the fearmongering has also featured Zelensky's insistence that a global coalition of enemies is now fighting Kiev. "The coalition of criminals along with Putin already includes North Korea," Zelensky told his parliament in a speech this week. "Everyone sees the Iranian regime's assistance to Putin, and also China's cooperation with Russia."
The next day, Thursday, Zelensky was in Brussels where he informed EU officials that North Korea is amassing a large amount of troops in Russia, readying them to fight in Ukraine.
"We know that there are 10,000 soldiers of North Korea, that they are preparing to send, fight against us," he said in a briefing. This includes "land forces, other tactical personnel" and framed it as "the first step to a world war."
"Because of the gap in mobilization, because of lots of Russian losses, and [Russian President Vladimir] Putin is afraid of mobilisation very much . . . that is why he is trying to involve other participants in this war," he added.
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