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TexasTowelie

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Tue Jun 24, 2025, 08:00 AM Yesterday

Russian Ambassador Accidentally Admits to Staggering Losses. New North Koreans - The Russian Dude



Russia just let the truth slip—on live TV. In a shocking CNN interview, Russian Ambassador to the UK Andrey Kelin accidentally revealed that 600,000 Russian troops are currently in Ukraine, a number that doesn’t add up with Putin’s earlier boasts of 700,000 and over 2 million total recruited. So where did the missing million go? The answer: catastrophic battlefield casualties the Kremlin can no longer hide. This accidental confession pulls back the curtain on a collapsing war machine sustained by desperation, deception, and now... foreign labor.

In this episode, we dig deep into Russia’s staggering military losses, exploding casualty rates, and the failing math behind Putin’s so-called “forever war.” We reveal how the “volunteer” army is propped up by economic misery, manipulative contracts, and propaganda that dangles massive ruble payouts in front of vulnerable men with no other options. But even that lifeline is collapsing—recruitment is drying up, and Russia’s war economy is imploding under hyperinflation, skyrocketing debt, and a crippling labor shortage.

That’s where North Korea comes in. Yes, the Kremlin is now importing forced labor from Kim Jong-un to rebuild war-ravaged Kursk. Thousands of North Korean workers are being trafficked into Russia, housed in brutal compounds, and used as disposable manpower in exchange for fuel, weapons tech, and hard cash for Pyongyang’s nuclear ambitions. It’s a grotesque alliance: one dictator props up another, while the Russian population pays the price—in blood, rubles, and lost dignity.

This exposé breaks down the four pillars of Russia’s unraveling war effort: the exposed manpower gap, the fake volunteer boom, the burning economy, and the new North Korean labor deals. From shrinking demographics and economic ruin to the horrifying reality of imported slave labor, this is the truth the Kremlin wants buried—and we’re bringing it to light.
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Russian Ambassador Accidentally Admits to Staggering Losses. New North Koreans - The Russian Dude (Original Post) TexasTowelie Yesterday OP
Excellent summary - thanks jmbar2 Yesterday #1
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