2025-02-08
10 分钟Welcome to the world in 10 in an increasingly uncertain world.
This is the Times daily podcast dedicated to global security today with me, Alex Dibble and Stuart Willey.
Our episodes this week have focused primarily on Donald Trump,
his tariffs and his plans for Gaza, and the response to both of those things.
Those stories are not over, and we'll return to them soon.
No doubt.
But today we're turning our attention back to another huge global, global security challenge, the war in Ukraine.
The deployment of thousands of North Korean troops to fight
alongside Russia was a move some felt could tip the balance on the battlefield as
that grueling war of attrition drags on.
But even as they've bolstered Russia's manpower, the North Koreans have suffered big losses.
Ukraine's president says 4,000 of them have been killed or wounded.
Now many of them are being sent for retraining.
The Times correspondent Maxim Tucker has been near the front line where they've been most active,
to try and find out why so many North Koreans are dying.
He's speaking to us today from Dnipro in Ukraine.
Maxim, what have you been hearing from the Ukrainians who are battling these soldiers?
Well, the Ukrainians have said that these North Korean soldiers are really determined.
They're very highly motivated, they're very fit and athletic and mostly young.
They move quickly, they're very well trained, they shoot accurately,