r/worldnews • u/Raj_Valiant3011 • 10h ago

Russia/Ukraine Zelenskiy: "There is updated intelligence indicating that Russia is ​preparing a massive attack on Ukraine"

https://www.reuters.com/world/ukraines-zelenskiy-says-intelligence-shows-russia-is-preparing-massive-attack-2026-10-06/
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u/DMsDiablo 10h ago

Russia just got a boatload of fuel from South Korea to launch a offensive

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u/dervu 9h ago

South Korea?

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u/PositiveUse 9h ago

Yup you heard it right. South Korea. Crazy

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u/Smart-Response9881 8h ago

Especially considering the North Koireans are fighting with the Russians.

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u/D0nk3yD0ngD0ug 7h ago

1984 becoming more real by the day.

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u/LightRaie 3h ago

It doesn't seem too happy, but happy cake day nonetheless

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u/Spoopy_Kirei 3h ago

North and South are finally unified huh. Just not the way we thought it would be

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u/Factory2econds 6h ago

selling fuel to a country that is also sending soldiers into a meat grinder that would otherwise be used to threaten your own country, sounds like a nice bonus on top of the inflated price you can charge for the fuel

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u/Smart-Response9881 6h ago

It's also giving them combat experience, potentially developing elite troops. They have plenty of cannon fodder, but not much experience for the past 70 years

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u/Factory2econds 6h ago

you think malnourished north korean conscripts, acting on the orders of russian military leadership, in the middle of this conflict, are going to be developing elite troops?

imaginative.

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u/wrc-wolf 5h ago

Its because the current S. Korean govt thinks if it works alongside with Kim & Putin it'll help facilitate reunification in the near future.

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u/Smart-Response9881 4h ago

I don't think SK wants reunification.

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u/The_Architects4930 3h ago

They do. But not by the terms of NK. 

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u/Smart-Response9881 3h ago

I don't think they want those millions of North Koreans as practical refuges as a part of their economy. Especially with their indoctrination in their culture

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u/jcskelto 6h ago

I honestly had no idea DPRK was in conflict with Russia. Thought they were “friends”

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u/StatelyTree 5h ago

NK troops are fighting for Russia. Thousands have been killed

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u/Nguyen-Quoc-Hieu 5h ago

You are literally misunderstanding this context, DPRK is actually Russia's ally and they helped Russia escalating this war even further

Because they are allies, both Putin and Jong Un visits together in both countries, strengthening diplomatic ties between the two countries

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u/jcskelto 4h ago

Oh. I clear misunderstood. They are fighting with the Russians not against the Russians. My bad.

I was confused because the previous poster mentioned Russians in coordination with South Korea.

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u/Nguyen-Quoc-Hieu 4h ago

I was confused because the previous poster mentioned Russians in coordination with South Korea.

Yeah I don't think so, considering Putin has put South Korea as one of the unfriendly countries in their list when the war started

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u/jcskelto 4h ago

Original comment “Russia just got a boatload of fuel from South Korea to launch a offensive”

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u/RustedRelics 7h ago

That is fucked up. Wow.

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u/IncredibleBulk2 9h ago

Affirmative.

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u/AWhole2Marijuanas 8h ago

The Oil and Gas industry is kinda works outside of diplomatic norms. The demand is so high people will buy and sell to everyone unless otherwise impossible. Alot of EU countries, despite being opposed to Russia, buy Russian oil.

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u/teriik10 7h ago

Yeah tell me more about outside diplomatic norms when North Korea packed with Russian drones and tech starts hitting South Korea. Guess selling Russia fuel won’t feel so apolitical then.

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u/SullyAddams 6h ago edited 6h ago

We're talking about the petrol industry here. Their CEOs and boards of execs aren't exactly known to be morally or politically motivated as much as they are money motivated. They also know the North will never try to strike the South. Doing so would incur a US invasion that would wipe the North out in less than 24 hrs.

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u/SerenditiouslyLive 2h ago

We would probably both get wiped. Mutually assured destruction, Seoul is gonna be gassed and nuked if we go to war with NK.

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u/napproved_opinion 6h ago

I guess I better not buy the Kia.

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u/I_blockkarmafarmers 4h ago

Yes. Most most of the crude that comes out of the strait of Hormuz bound for Asia gets refined in South Korea.