North Korean troops sent to fight alongside Russians in its invasion of Ukraine has been met with what looks like equanimity in the Anglosphere. There have been no squeals about ‘escalation’. Kim Jong-Un is arm in arm (or should that read arms in arms) with Vladimir Putin on Ukraine’s battlefield, and we shrug?

Zelensky blasted what he called his allies’ ‘zero’ response, saying that a weak reaction would encourage Russia to beef up the contingent.