Propaganda leaflets dropped by Ukrainian drones over places where North Korean soldiers are hiding or moving in the Kursk region.

As we can see, Ukrainian UAV operators are aiming not only at the heads of DPRK mercenaries, but also at their new phobias - in the form of drones.

At the same time, giving them a choice: to surrender, escape from this horror and get a chance at a new life, or to die ingloriously and inevitably from an FPV drone or cluster munition.

Translation of the inscription: "Don't die in vain! Surrender is the way to survive."

https://t.me/russianocontext/5764

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[–] MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk 110 points 1 month ago (3 children)

They should say "We have food, liquor and porn".

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 44 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yeah, but Zelenskyy poops out of his butt. Gross.

[–] P1k1e@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

I have never LOLed so hard at a comment so stupid. 07

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[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

"And democracy. At least a bit more,if not fully."

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[–] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 81 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is a very good example of something that i identify as 100% propaganda but still agree with. Dont die in vain, surrender. Another pointless fucking massacre russia started.

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 51 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Dont die in vain, surrender.

They won't. The ones with families will likely rather die than surrender and I'd bet my cat that they only picked North Koreans with families. "Treacherous" North Koreans will have their entire families put in death camps.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kin_punishment#North_Korea

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 38 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Inb4 the tankies denying that such a thing exists.

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[–] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well now i dont just want kim to die but i want him to suffer a horrible death

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago (3 children)

up to eight generations

extends to children born in prison

So there's like some kids being born on those camps who get told they're they're because great-great-great-great-great-grandpa was a political enemy of the government.

I lean not yet three aren't, because NK isn't that old yet, but...

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[–] Kaput@lemmy.world 59 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I like that they used the old Communist style of esthetic to make it relatable to the Korean. Wonder what the art style is called

[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 42 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Socialist Realism?

[–] TheMightyCanuck@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 month ago

I was gonna say brutalist stencil style

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[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago

"I have only potato stamps to print hundreds of these and I don't want to be sent to gulag"

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 month ago

Just imagine the silliness of military recruiting GenZ kids into wars by using anime girls.

Oh wait.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 42 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I think the should also drop usb sticks with libraries full of basic facts that NK soldiers may have never seen.

Perhaps occasionally a cheap e-reader as well. Can't inform them when theyre in NK, but now that they're there and youre already dropping leaflets, might be useful to try to deprogram them as well.

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 33 points 1 month ago (3 children)

libraries full of ~~basic facts~~ porn

Perhaps occasionally ~~a cheap e-reader~~ 50 gallon drums of hard alcohol.

If they don't get seduced into surrendering, they have a higher chance of getting caught with their pants down.. Regardless, I see it as a great way to cause confusion and disorder, anyway.

[–] Makhno@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Perhaps occasionally ~~a cheap e-reader~~ 50 gallon drums of hard alcohol.

Perfect to cut through all the meth

[–] Zementid 7 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Or spray almost pure LSD solution over their position and watch the mayhem from a distance which blasting the area with porn noises.

[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That sounds like the kind of plan the cold war era CIA would have come up with.

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You mean did. We legit did dose a platoon blast music at them while screaming orders to see how it effects ability to fight. It's on video and kinda funny if not for the whole murdery purpose.

English - https://youtu.be/82CYPWny3FE
Usa - https://youtu.be/vbSEU8Hv4lA

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[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Cram as much porn into old smartphones and drop those.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Since porn is pretty quickly produced, we need to get a new sub category of porn where Western actors teach democratic history while having orgies

[–] ZeffSyde@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Finally, I can use my Sexy Ben Franklin At the Beach cosplay for good and not evil.

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[–] perestroika@lemm.ee 40 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Sadly, they are not proper merceneries. A mercenary fights for money, but those guys probably know their families will be repressed if they surrender.

If I was the developer of the propaganda leaflet, I would add one sentence (after double-checking with a competent social engineer):

"you get a new identity, at home they will think you died"

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[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 32 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Have any North Korean soldiers surrendered or allowed themselves to be taken prisoner? I recall that there was a heavily wounded soldier who was captured but later died of his wounds, but I haven't heard about any other such incidents.

[–] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 31 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I believe most of em are so effectively brainwashed/family threatened that they put a grenade under their chin.

[–] Natanael@slrpnk.net 12 points 1 month ago

They're taught to fear everything and everyone else from childhood

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[–] Empricorn 28 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Imagine traveling to another country to help the invading force try to capture it...

[–] Acemod@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)

As far as I'm currently aware the NK meat shields are only deployed in the Kursk Oblast.

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[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The year is 2038. Korean-Ukrainian food is a hit new global phenomenon, drawing tourism to the region of "Little Korea" in Ukraine where the sounds of accordion music fills the air and you can pose to have a statuette made. The people live in peace since they defected from the Russian invaders en masse.

[–] TimeNaan@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

Oof these are genuinely terryfying looking images, pretty effective propaganda

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 month ago

I like the artstyle

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Where can I get the t-shirt?

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[–] Juigi@lemm.ee 12 points 1 month ago

I dont know but north korea openly sending their troops to help russians seems a bit unfair. EU time to wake up!

[–] Graphy@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Those are dope they should sell them

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I don't think they will consider surrendering to a ~~pack~~ flight of drones a good idea.

[–] perestroika@lemm.ee 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yes. The protocol of "how to surrender" would also be useful to add.

Obviously, one cannot surrender to an FPV drone - it doesn't have enough battery for the pilot to check if one follows through with the promise.

Throwing down all weapons, raising a white cloth and walking towards the opposing side might be a good enough signal for the pilot however - they might go looking for another target before the battery runs out.

For the leaflet to achieve results, it must lay out a good method of how to surrender. And that's a lot easier with Russians since they have a language which Ukrainians understand.

To Russians, one can write "go to frequency X MHz, drop encryption and negotiate surrender" or "go to Telegram channel X to arrange surrender" but no such hope with North Koreans.

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've seen a handful of Ukraine war shots.

There's a bunch where poor Russian conscripts drop their rifles and surrender to a drone, and the drone "flies" them to a nearby base.

The alternative being the drone being the last thing you ever see.

[–] perestroika@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I can confirm, it happened a few times in Kursk, I've seen the videos.

However, the drone in question was a reconnaisance drone (those have long flight times). Ideally, you never see a reconnaisance drone - it sees you from beyond visual range well enough.

I believe the situation in Kursk was that Ukrainians deliberately sent a reconnaisance drone to take a close look, and perhaps also dropped a few leaflets. Russians then understood that their coordinates were known, they had no shelter available and a strike might come any second - and made the gestures to indicate surrender.

It also helped that the Russians in question were conscripts - young people undergoing military training. Support for the war is the lowest among this age group.

[–] Railcar8095@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

Consider this. A drone you didn't spot drops this on your feet.

Next drone might drop a grenade.

I would surrender.

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Bad choice for fanatics. Can't they drop something that makes it obvious how their regime abused them, then offer them better living conditions?

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