Posted on 04/28/2025 3:45:10 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday thanked North Korea for sending troops to fight alongside Russia in Moscow's war against Ukraine and vowed not to forget their sacrifices.
Putin's comments came just hours after North Korea confirmed for the first time that it had deployed troops to fight Ukrainian forces.
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In a statement, Putin praised North Korean troops who he said fought "shoulder to shoulder with Russian fighters, defended our Motherland as their own."
"The Russian people will never forget the heroism of the DPRK special forces," Putin said. "We will always honor the heroes who gave their lives for Russia, for our common freedom, fighting side by side with their Russian brothers in arms."
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However, I did not say “as much corruption” but simply has much,
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No you just left out the “as” in your hast, otherwise the sentence makes no sense, no matter how you spin it.
The US is also ranked 28th on the corruption list. So according to you: the US, Russia & Ukraine are equal.
Looks like a case of bad mercs, good mercs.
We’ve got some Froggy Uke cheerleaders here on FR.
Rather, "Ukrainian has much corruption as does Russia" does make sense, meaning they both do, like as "the United States has an obesity problem as does Egypt," but in both cases a comma is warranted.
What does not make sense is that this means they are equally so. .
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