North Korea's aid to Russia, detailed

Reuters has an in-depth, interactive piece on how much help, originally in material, then also in manpower, North Korea has been giving Russia.

First, for Uki-tankies talking about how relatively cheap Ukrainian missiles can take down Russian planes? North Korean weapons are far cheaper and can take down NATO-supplied Ukrainian planes!

Second, regarding the current state of alleged peace talks? This, from the Reuters:

By January, around 4,000 North Korean soldiers had been killed or wounded fighting against Ukrainian forces since they first arrived in Kursk in late autumn, according to a South Korean security source. North Korea sent 3,000 more men by mid-February – and the reinforcements were better prepared, said Oleh Shyriaiev, commander of Ukraine’s 225th Separate Assault Regiment, which has been fighting in Kursk.

“They adapted to modern combat conditions,” Shyriaiev recalled.

So, North Koreans are now no longer cannon fodder. And, neither are Russian troops, as missiles and artillery become the preferred weapons in the area around Kursk.

And, based on battlefield feedback, the North Korean troops have improved. And, based on broader battlefield feedback and Russian information feedback, the North Korean missiles have improved — invaluable to its president, Kim Jong Un. If that's not more incentive for the US to push for an end to the war, and for Japan and South Korea to join that push, I don't know what is. 

(Update: And, Russia's own weapons production has increased in both quantity and quality.)

Assuming Russia gets much, if not most, of the territory it wants, Uki-tankies holding out for partisan warfare to make life there hell? First, the USSR crushed post-WWII revolutionary attempts in the Ruthenian area added to northwest Ukraine after WWII. Second, the amount of trenches Russia has near today's current borders means that smuggling major material help to partisans will be near-impossible.