They didn't have the defensive positions prepared," RAND defense researcher Bruce W. Bennett told Business Insider.
To work with North Korea, Putin has contravened UN Security Council resolutions he himself signed onto.
"If Russia failed to achieve success in Ukraine, meaning it got pushed out of Ukraine, is Putin going to survive physically?"
Operating like this "really emboldens North Korea, Iran, and any other autocratic state," said Sanner.
AdvertisementIn supplying weapons, Kim Jong Un's regime is unlikely to be driven by a dislike of Ukraine, Bennett said.
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