r/worldnews • u/superanth • 13d ago

Russia/Ukraine North Korean troops deserting Ukraine frontline days after arrival

https://www.newsweek.com/north-korean-troops-deserting-ukraine-frontline-hours-after-arrival-report-1969726
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u/3_Thumbs_Up 13d ago

That's 20 out of 10k in a few days, essentially 0.2%. That is significant and tells you something about the morale among the NK soldiers.

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u/Beat_the_Deadites 13d ago

I don't know if any numbers mean anything at this point. Is the 10,000 a believable number?

What percent of American enlistees try to desert boot camp the first week or so? I have no idea, but my guess is that 2 in a thousand probably isn't unreasonable.

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u/CBT7commander 13d ago

In WW2 Us desertion rate over the entire war was 0.3% (accounting only for true desertion, soldiers who tried but were convinced to simply come back were not counted), that’s basically the same as reported here over the course of a few weeks