Frightening Thought: Russia Sharing Military Technology with North Korea

By Malcolm Davis – The National Interest

Russia’s North Korea Gambit: The international security environment is divided between authoritarian states and liberal democracies. In this contested strategic environment, Russia’s relationship with North Korea has strengthened dramatically since the beginning of Russia’s second invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and has seen the signing of the strategic partnership pact in June 2024. Russia now relies in part on North Korean-supplied weapons including ballistic missiles, and munitions, to sustain its war against Ukraine, and there are even reports of a North Korean presence on the ground in Russian-controlled regions of the country.