In his daily video message on Sunday, the Ukrainian president said: “We see an increasing alliance between Russia and regimes like North Korea. It is no longer just about transferring weapons. It is actually about transferring people from North Korea to the occupying military forces.”
Zelensky’s allegation comes amid an increasingly friendly relationship between Moscow and Pyongyang. Russian President Vladimir Putin visited North Korea in June – the first visit of its kind for more than two decades – and Western observers have wondered how heavily North Korea has assisted Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
This is how all world wars began. Major powers don’t start them with each other. That’s too dangerous. Instead they always let themselves get dragged into it by their proxy nations.
I’m including the Peloponnesian War, which tore apart the Greek empire quite similarly to WW1 & 2. It didn’t start with Athens and Sparta directly.