Among the more interesting parts of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's speech before the UN General Assembly on Wednesday afternoon was when he lashed out at North Korea.
Zelensky said while issuing leveling a litany of charges against Russia for its war that "The leader of North Korea sent his troops to Russia to support the weak points of the Russian army."
via Associated PressHe questioned why a faraway southeast Asian country would be so willing to sacrifice its troops for a Russian endeavor.
Zelensky said: "You probably saw the broadcast from Pyongyang when they honored those who were killed. And this is madness, too. Why should Koreans give their lives in a war against Ukraine?"
He further accused Kim Jong Un of using his own citizens "like currency" in return for "improved ballistic missiles and Pyongyang’s much [upgraded] drone capabilities." Likely these barbs will only cause Kim's regime to double down, and keep up its military support to Moscow.
By some estimates, hundreds or possibly even thousands of DPRK troops have died so far in the Ukraine conflict. Pyongyang and Moscow have increasingly openly acknowledged the deaths, with North Korea even having held patriotic state funerals for slain troops.
Elsewhere in the address, Zelensky sought to portray his country as essentially 'winning' the war, claiming immense but unverifiable Russian losses on the battlefield, also while Ukraine's long-range drones unleash destruction on Russian energy infrastructure.
Zelensky:
Just this year, from January through August, the Russian army lost 248,964 peo
