North Korea may be using its increasing alignment with Russia to reduce its reliance on the People’s Republic of China (PRC), therefore reducing Beijing’s leverage over the North Korean regime,
North Korea’s military has not experienced large-scale conventional combat since 1953 and understands that its doctrine is unprepared to fight in a modern war, especially against a sophisticated adversary such as South Korea,
I, as your next president of the United States, will bring peace to the world and end the war … Both sides will be able to come together and negotiate a deal,
We count on further strong bipartisan support for Ukraine in the United States,
Vladimir, if you go after Ukraine, I am going to hit you so hard, you’re not even going to believe it. I’m going to hit you right in the middle of fricking Moscow … We’re friends. I don’t want to do it, but I have no choice.”
There are not enough Russian troops in this direction, so they are trying to attract military from North Korea there,
But instead … America is watching, Britain is watching, Germany is watching. Everyone is just waiting for the North Korean military to start attacking Ukrainians as well,
The first North Korean troops have already been shelled, in the Kursk region."
The DPRK's [North Korea's] direct support for Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, besides showing Russia's desperate efforts to compensate its losses, would mark a dangerous expansion of the conflict,
The first battles with North Korean soldiers open a new page of instability in the world,