Reports of massive losses of North Korean troops fighting for Russia in the Ukraine war is raising questions over the relationship between the allies, as Kyiv launches an incursion in the Kursk region. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman also look into a growing widespread view of the conflict as a proxy war between various international powers, with Dr Alexey Muraviev, Associate Professor of National Security and Strategic Studies, Curtin University.

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