1 day ago · Below Senior Fellow Can Kasapoğlu offers a military situation report about the war in Ukraine. Executive Summary • Moscow-Pyongyang cooperation: North Korea will likely send fire-support combat formations and drones to the Russian region of Kursk. • North Korean rules of engagement: Pyongyang has reportedly ordered its soldiers to avoid being taken alive at all costs, meaning they often ...

13 hours ago · Last summer, a few months before Ukraine launched its incursion into Kursk, Mr. Putin met with Mr. Kim in Pyongyang, where they restored a Cold War-era treaty of mutual defense and military ...

16 hours ago · In recent years, North Korea has developed a loitering munitions baseline that resembles the Iran Shahed kamikaze drones that hit Ukraine nearly every day. Pyongyang is also seeking to replicate ...

3 days ago · Earlier this month, Ukraine captured two North Korean soldiers, and released video of the injured men, speaking Korean and receiving treatment, as evidence of Pyongyang’s robust military support ...

Dec 24, 2024 · Pyongyang has sent at least 10,000 troops to Russia, according to Kyiv and Seoul, who have also said North Korean casualties have been rising since entering combat in early December.

Dec 24, 2024 · Reports are emerging that thousands of North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded while fighting in the Ukraine war on Russia’s side. Authorities in Ukraine, South Korea and the United...

Nov 1, 2024 · Russia’s top diplomat on Friday met his North Korean counterpart for talks amid reports that Pyongyang has sent thousands of troops to Russia to support its military in the war in Ukraine.

Jan 17, 2025 · Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is nervous about the danger of having fresh elections, and the fact that the United States Government could audit assistance to Ukraine and examine the scope of the corruption in his country, he said, adding that there are rumours in Kyiv that the regime is preparing a large-scale provocation for which ...

Jul 28, 2023 · North Korea’s “firm support” for Russia’s war in Ukraine emboldens the two countries’ determination to cope with Western nations, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a speech to North Korean...

Jun 19, 2024 · North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has promised “full support and solidarity” for Russia’s war in Ukraine as President Vladimir Putin made his first visit to Pyongyang in 24 years and said the two...