In Episode seven of Mortal Giants, Strange Bedfellows, Russia, North Korea and the War in Ukraine, Garossino talks with Vina Nadjibulla about this new chapter in the war in Ukraine that began in February of 2022.

“We have to go back to the June 2024 trip that President Putin took to North Korea. At that point, North Korea and Russia revived a Cold War defense agreement, a mutual security agreement. And we've seen a lot more cooperation between North Korea and Russia. North Korea has already been supplying Russia with much needed munition& and even missiles. And of course, Russia has been giving North Korea money, food and fuel,” Vina Nadjibulla said.

China has been North Korea’s main economic and security partner for 60 years, says Nadjibulla.

“It's done so in a very strategic way, sort of like a very calibrated way. China gives North Korea a little bit, but not too much. Whereas now we are seeing Russia, which is a much more unpredictable actor. And the big question mark for everybody, is in addition to financing fuel and food, will Putin also give North Korea sensitive military technology?”