Russia’s appeals to North Korea for military manpower have taken on new urgency with Sergey Lavrov’s weekend trip to Pyongyang.
The Russian foreign minister’s visit, his first to the North Korean capital since 2009, signalled Moscow’s growing reliance on its neighbour for troops and engineering support, analysts say – suggesting that Kim Jong-un’s regime could now send more soldiers, “in more direct combat roles”, to shore up the Kremlin’s war effort in Ukraine.
“Russia may also count on North…
