North Korea sends thousands of soldiers to help Vladimir Putin

UKRAINE'S PRESIDENTVolodymyr Zelensky said last week that North Korea was sending troops to Russia, effectively becoming a co-combatant in the invasion. The appearance of one of the world's most unpredictable and heavily armed nations in combat could test even the best-equipped and most sophisticated defenses. After 32 months of bitter war against a much larger enemy, Ukraine is neither.