Ukraine war support cracking globally

The signs are growing around the world that western support for the war on Russia, using Ukraine as the hammer, is cracking. This protest in Greece is just one more piece of evidence. The story below from South Korea is another. Trump's campaign promises to end the war are still another. The truth is despite all the previous western media lies about Russia losing the war - they are not.  Zelensky is in big trouble. He needs to surrender while he still can.

By Hankyoreh (South Korea)

False report of 40 NK casualties prompts Seoul to warn against Ukrainian disinformation

South Korean intelligence officials have adopted a skeptical stance when it comes to reports from Ukraine

“North Korean troops haven’t engaged in fighting yet, so how are there deaths?”

This was the reaction from a South Korean intelligence official upon hearing the news that the night before 40 North Korean soldiers were discovered dead in Ukraine.

On Monday night, domestic media outlets reported that 40 North Korean soldiers died in combat.  Earlier in the afternoon that day, Andrii Kovalenko, head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council, posted on Telegram: “The first North Korean troops have already come under fire in Kursk Oblast.” Shortly afterward, a high-ranking figure in the Ukrainian presidential office told a South Korean media outlet that North Korean soldiers had begun fighting, and that deaths had already occurred.

What’s important is that the initial report came from the head of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council’s Center for Countering Disinformation. Disinformation refers to doctored or false information deliberately propagated by a state actor to maliciously influence another country. In the initial stages of the war, the Ukrainian government posted a video of the “Ghost of Kyiv,” a legendary fighter pilot who allegedly shot down six Russian fighter jets in 30 hours. Yet the actual existence of such a pilot has never been confirmed.

Considering such developments, South Korean intelligence officials have adopted a skeptical stance when it comes to reports from Ukraine. It’s gotten to the point where Korean intelligence officials are telling reporters to hold off on relaying reports about North Korean troops from Ukrainian officials until they receive third-party confirmation, because Ukraine makes “fake news” at the state level. This means we have to carefully consider the source of the information and the intentions behind it.

People who have experience in gathering military intelligence say that when it comes to reports about North Korean soldiers fighting in Ukraine, it’s only when Russian and North Korean authorities officially confirm them that we can accept them as fact.

However, we can make exceptions under the following conditions: If troops at the company or battalion level or higher participate in the fighting and the identities of North Korean troops are confirmed among the dead; if a North Korean prisoner of war directly testifies about North Korean troops fighting in Ukraine; if North Korean military documents containing operational orders, combat orders, or tactical training plans are confiscated; or if wiretaps containing confirmation about North Korean troops in combat are leaked.

~ By Kwon Hyuk-chul, senior staff writer; Seo Young-ji, staff reporter

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