Desperate Putin's irrationality [Y Record]

■ Host: Um Ji-min Anchor
■ Starring: Yang Wook, a researcher at Asan Institute for Policy Studies,

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◇Anchor> The North Korean military has been deployed as well. In addition, according to foreign media reports, there are reports that Putin will write off more than 100 million won in debt if he participates in the war. Looking at that, I guess the situation of Russian troops is not good?

◆ Yang Wook> That's right. Before the war in Ukraine, the Russian military had 900,000 active personnel. Considering Russia's past troops, it's not a big deal, but in the second half of 2022, it's going to be a difficult situation as it's pushed from the front line, so we're adding 300,000 more people. So we have 1.2 million viewers. But of course, it's 1.2 million, but I know that what's actually being put into the war in Ukraine is about 700,000 of them. The problem is that as the war continues, the number of personnel is exhausted, and eventually, it is not easy to recruit troops, so there are a lot of mercenaries. Then, it was not enough, so it attracted the North Korean military. In any case, Russia is now trying to recruit 300,000 more people to overcome this situation. So, we are aiming for around December this year, and Russia's goal is to have about 1.5 million active personnel. It's a very natural outcome for Russia to try to draw and use North Korean troops, especially considering this situation where the fighting still has to continue until this number of people is filled, and then it's very important to end the war, like the battle on the Kursk front. In the end, I can tell you that North Korea is extremely likely to have made various commitments to understand the needs of Russia and to benefit as much as possible.



Excerpted from the conversation: Lee Mi-young, editor of the digital news team

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