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When we talk about more long-range capability for Ukraine and more decisive supplies for our forces, it is not just a list of military equipment,
Zelensky said in Sunday's address Obviously, in such circumstances, our relations with our partners need to be developed. The frontline needs more support,
True peace can only be achieved through strength and the entire next week will be dedicated to working with our partners for the sake of such strength, for the sake of true peace,
We see an increasing alliance between Russia and regimes like in North Korea,
Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address Russia’s reliance on North Korean military supplies has become crucial, especially as reports suggest that Russia receives half of its artillery shells from North Korea. This is an enormous quantity, given that Russian military tactics focus heavily on shelling Ukrainian towns to the ground before advancing,
Tertitskiy told The Media Line However, mass supplies will likely focus on Soviet-caliber ammunition and possibly Soviet-era equipment,
The dream since 1990 was to diversify their dependence on China because, if you look at the trade balance, it’s 90% plus trade with China. They don’t like it. They don’t like to be too dependent on Beijing. They don’t want to put all the eggs in one basket. Now, with Russia, they found another basket, and apart from that, just direct income. They’re getting food to feed their population. They’re getting more resources to do whatever the Supreme Leader thinks they should do,
Tertitskiy shared with The Media Line North Korea’s extensive artillery production is a result of its hyper-militarized state, where 45% of the population serves in the military, and the service term is an unprecedented seven to eight years. No other country comes even close to that,
he states, illustrating North Korea’s intense focus on military strength If you look at the structure in a Korean general’s staff, you’ll see how seriously overrepresented the artillery is there,
We are already seeing North Korean officers arriving at the front, likely in the role of instructors. Russia is also utilizing KN-23 tactical missiles. While the expansion of cooperation is limited by the modest capabilities of North Korea’s defense industry, they may very well view the war as a testing ground and send more of their missiles to Putin, and possibly other equipment—such as drones,
For North Korea, which has supplied Russia with many shells and missiles, it’s crucial to learn how to handle different weapons and gain real-world combat experience. This might even be a driving factor behind sending North Korean soldiers – to provide them with diverse experiences and wartime training.”
Lim Eul-chul, a professor at the Institute for Far Eastern Studies in Seoul, told the AFP news agency The extent of the North Korean force grouping that Russia could deploy to the frontline or that could free up Russian forces along the border is unclear, but these scenarios may also aid Russian efforts to commit additional manpower to priority offensive operations in Ukraine and prolong the culmination of the Russian Summer 2024 offensive operation."