The United States has accused North Korea of supplying weapons to Russia to help in its war against Ukraine. They deny this, but there’s no doubting their bond.
Shoigu said on Tuesday that the military cooperation between Russia and North Korea “meets the fundamental interests” of the two countries and “does not pose a threat to anyone.”
“Neither the international isolation nor economic sanctions have been able to stop the development” of North Korea, he said at a security conference in Moscow. Russia, a Cold War ally of North Korea, is one of a handful of countries with which the Kim regime maintains friendly relations. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the growing global isolation of Moscow is pushing the Kremlin closer to the Kim regime, analysts say. Both countries face heavy sanctions imposed by U.S.-led global coalitions.“Russia is in need of friends or at least partners right now,” said Ramon Pacheco Pardo, a Korea expert at King’s College London.
Signs of North Korean arms supply to Russia also surfaced on the battlefield in Ukraine. Ukrainian soldiers were using North Korean weapons that Kyiv suggested were captured from Russians, the Financial Times
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