In recent weeks, Western media have increasingly focused on the broader geopolitical implications of the rashist aggression, especially in the wake of North Korean intervention. President Zelenskyy has expressed concern that the involvement of North Korean soldiers is taking the war "beyond borders" and is of great geopolitical significance. Western leaders warn that North Korea's involvement in the European war could also undermine relations in the Indo-Pacific region, including with Japan and Australia. This was reported in The Washington Post.
In another article from The Washington Post, the author notes that as North Korean soldiers head towards a war in Ukraine, the extent of their eventual military involvement could be much greater. We are currently witnessing four ambitious powers in the centre of Eurasia - russia, China, Iran and North Korea - coordinating ever more closely to challenge the international security system known as Pax Americana.
The deployment of North Korean forces to support an attack on Western democracy should awaken Americans to a new power politics. After all, four aggressive Eurasian dictatorships are cooperating at the strategic level and their cooperation is deepening and becoming more coordinated. Three of them possess nuclear weapons, and the fourth, Iran, is working to join this club. Long gone are the days when these regimes were isolated, disparate threats to Western interests.
An interesting article was published in Foreign Policy, where the author emphasises that the Western definition of Ukraine's victory should be simple and coincide with Kyiv's. Ukraine must remain a resilient sovereign democracy with the right to the European future its citizens are fighting for. Ukraine also needs to be secure against the russian threat in the long term. This outcome can be achieved now, without waiting for the restoration of 100% of its sovereign territory in military terms.
But the most important prerequisite for such a victory is halting the russian offensive. To help Ukraine achieve this, its allies must adhere to one simple principle: the more russian troops advance, the more significant their military support should be. With this in mind, at the very least, the United States should immediately give Ukraine the green light to use Storm Shadow/SCALP missiles against russian forces trying to seize more Ukrainian territory. And if russia continues its attacks on Ukrainian civilian and industrial infrastructure, its allies should use their own forces, both in NATO territory and in Ukraine, to help Ukraine destroy russian drones and missiles.
Taking these difficult military and political steps is in the fundamental interests of Europe and the United States. After all, if Ukraine loses, Europeans will face an increased threat from russia on their borders.
Thus, the analysis of Western media shows that the war in Ukraine has deep and multifaceted international consequences. The Western media emphasise the importance of joint efforts by countries to strengthen security, while at the same time highlighting the risks associated with the involvement of new players in an already complex geopolitical landscape. Ukraine remains at the centre of these discussions, and its future will largely depend on international support and strategic responses to current challenges.
As North Korean soldiers head into possible combat in Europe — the degree of their ultimate military involvement might turn out to be much greater than generally appreciated — a “World-Island”-style contest seems to be falling into place. Four ambitious, revisionist states at the heart of Eurasia — Russia, China, Iran and North Korea — are coordinating ever more closely to challenge, if not shatter, the prevailing international security order known as Pax Americana.
First, consider what Biden could do to shift the war’s momentum in the event of a Trump victory. Under a scenario much discussed among Washington’s NATO allies in Europe, Biden could immediately authorize Kyiv to unleash long-range strikes using U.S.-supplied Army Tactical Missile Systems, known as ATACMS, deep inside Russian territory. President Volodymyr Zelensky has sought that permission for months, as a means to strike Russian air bases and other targets Moscow uses to attack Ukrainian territory.
He could cite Moscow’s scorched-earth campaign to destroy Ukrainian power plants and other civilian targets, which provides a legal and moral basis for Kyiv to defend itself. Washington can and should do more to help Ukraine defend itself from widely expected, fresh Russian attacks on energy infrastructure that would leave Ukrainians shivering this winter.
President Joe Biden’s Pentagon chief on Monday vowed continued American support for Ukraine’s war against Russia, even as Ukrainian troops struggle to hold back Kremlin forces and uncertainty hangs over Washington’s future role.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, in his third wartime visit to Kyiv, reviewed the battlefield outlook with President Volodymyr Zelensky and other government officials as the Biden administration seeks to help Ukraine chart a more effective course against Russia.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday that the thousands of North Korean soldiers expected to reinforce Russian troops on the front line in Ukraine are pushing the almost three-year war beyond the borders of the warring parties.
Western leaders say North Korea has sent some 10,000 soldiers to help Russia’s military campaign and warn that its involvement in a European war could also unsettle relations in the Indo-Pacific region, including Japan and Australia.
A Western definition of victory should be simple, and it should tally closely with Kyiv’s. Ukraine must remain a sustainably sovereign democracy with the right to the European future its citizens are fighting for—and which Putin is determined to deny them. A successful Ukraine must also have credible defenses against a long-term Russian threat. This outcome can be achieved without Ukraine recovering 100 percent of its sovereign territory militarily now.
But the most important prerequisite for this sort of victory is stopping the Russian advance. To help Ukraine achieve this, its allies should follow one simple principle: The more Russian forces advance, the more meaningful their military support will be.
G7 leaders have finalized details surrounding a $50 billion loan to aid Kyiv, backed by profits from Russian sovereign assets frozen after its invasion of Ukraine, according to a statement released Friday, October 25.
Leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy democracies said they "have reached a consensus on how to deliver" the loans of approximately $50 billion, with an aim to start disbursing funds by the end of this year.
"The loan proceeds will be disbursed through multiple channels to support Ukraine's budgetary, military and reconstruction assistance," G7 leaders added.
South Korea is considering sending a team of military monitors to Ukraine to observe and analyse the expected deployment of North Korean troops by Russia on the frontlines of the conflict there, a presidential official said on Wednesday.
At least 11,000 North Korean troops have been sent to Russia and more than 3,000 of them have been moved close to frontlines, the official told reporters on condition of anonymity.
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