North Koreans fighting for Putin threatens world order, Rutte says – POLITICO

North Korean troops now fighting for Russian leader Vladimir Putin against Ukraine represent a “deeply dangerous” moment for the world, NATO chief Mark Rutte said Wednesday. 

“These deepening military and economic ties between a reckless Russia and an emboldened North Korea don’t just threaten Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific security, they are deeply dangerous for global security,” Rutte wrote in an opinion piece for POLITICO published Wednesday.

Rutte sounded the alarm over Moscow’s growing reliance on its “authoritarian friends” — North Korea, Iran and China — and warned that Pyongyang’s involvement in the war could mark the start of a “far darker” phase of the prolonged conflict.