How Ukraine War Gives North Korea Reasons To Draw Closer To Russia

Ukraine War Gives North Korea Reasons to Draw Closer to Russia

The Kim regime needs foreign income, so it plans to dispatch laborers to the Russian-controlled regions of eastern Ukraine—Donetsk and Luhansk.

The U.N. barred North Korean workers from working abroad after 2019, cutting off a vital source of overseas income.

As North Korea aims to develop hypersonic missiles, President Vladimir Putin has promised to provide allies with advanced weapons and military equipment.

Russia is likely to maintain that Donetsk and Luhansk are independent regions not subject to international sanctions violations as nonmembers of the U.N.

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According to security experts, Russia could provide North Korea with advanced engine technology or key components as it develops new weapons technology.

North Korea's main nuclear facility, Yongbyon, was built with Soviet assistance. Pyongyang's missile development program was helped by the fuel technologies provided by Russian scientists in the 1990s.