It was a welcome fit for a Tsar. Thousands of North Korea ns cheering fanatically as Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un greeted Russia 's President Vladimir Putin for his first visit to the hermit kingdom in 24 years.
An army of young children lined the red carpet in Pyongyang, waving Russian flags and beaming obligingly from ear to ear He courted Western alliances, allowing US military jets to use Russian airspace and even once suggesting that Russia might be open to joining Nato. The moment Putin's war machine rolled into Ukraine on February 24, 2022, he knew full well the old alliances – to say nothing of uneasy friendships – were shattered
In the short-term, for Ukrainians this means the relentless barrage is set to continue. Premonitions of peace talks aired last week at the Ukraine Peace Summit were, to my mind, premature. If North Korea is preparing for war – indeed, technically it remains in a state of conflict against its southern neighbour – it needs to feed its people first.
However, what it lacks is the long-range ballistic technology required to launch and carry these warheads. I am, however, sceptical that Putin really wants to share nuclear know-how with Kim. For all the pomp and ceremony of this month's visit, Russia still does not fully trust North Korea.
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