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North Korea may deploy up to 50,000 troops to Russia, Zelensky claims

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday that as many as 50,000 North Korean soldiers could be deployed to Russia, reflecting growing military cooperation between the two countries. He warned that Pyongyang could gain valuable battlefield experience and military technology through its support for Russia.

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Germany May Send Troops to Russia

(By Associated Press) LONDON, June 29.—The German government, according to a German newspaper, is taking measures with a view to intervention in Russia, says a dispatch from Zurich. Under this plan, it is stated troops will be sent to restore order, assisted by Maximalist forces.

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Tonopah daily bonanza. (Tonopah, Nev.), June 29, 1918 — front page Enlarge →

What Happened Next

Left SR uprising

In their meeting on 24 June, the Central Committee of the Left SR internationalists, having discussed the present political situation of the Republic, found that in the interests of the Russian and international revolution it was necessary to put an end to the so-called 'respite', which was created due to the ratification of the Brest-Litovsk treaty by the Bolshevik government. the Party Central Committee considered it both possible and appropriate to organize a series of terrorist acts against prominent representatives of German imperialism.

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Left SR uprising

The assassination of the ambassador led to a serious but short-lived crisis between the Lenin government and the German Empire. on 14 July the acting ambassador demanded the sending of troops to Moscow on the pretext of protecting the embassy, which would have placed the Sovnarkom under the control of the German high command. The start of the Second Battle of the Marne turned German attention to the Western Front and allowed the government to finally reject the German claims.

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German revolution of 1918–1919

The German revolution was triggered by a sailors' mutiny centered on the North Sea ports of Kiel and Wilhelmshaven in late October 1918. The naval order of 24 October 1918 and the preparations to sail triggered a mutiny among the sailors involved.

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