The harder Putin finds it to recruit Russians to be cannon fodder, the more willing he is to rely on DPRK: UK statement at the UN Security Council

Colleagues, when we speak about the security situation in Ukraine, we need to be clear, this affects us all. 

Russia’s invasion is a violation of the international rules-based system and the UN Charter upon which our collective prosperity and security depends. Russia has struck at the heart of the UN Charter, which this Council has pledged to uphold. 

This has consequences for every country, wherever they are in the world.

It is with deep concern, therefore, that I draw to this Council’s attention reports of DPRK’s growing involvement in the war. It is highly likely that the…