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Jul 27

We saw a pomp and circumstance visit of Xi Jinping to the DRPK. This was noticeable. Then, we are sseing the very regular visits between North Korean leaders, specifically military, and Russia. These visits are on both sides and serious people are involved. Over time, we mentioned these.  The latest, just recently, North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui visited Moscow and met President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. The visit added to scrutiny over expanding DPRK-Russia military ties.

Three reports are in. The first one from Friends and the second from the South China Morning post.

1.Report from Friends:

For once, Zelensky is telling the truth:

S, 25 Jul 2026:

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We are seeing cooperation between Russia and North Korea. Russia expects to receive another 30,000 North Korean soldiers. Preparations for their arrival are already underway in the Voronezh region, starting in June. In addition, North Korea is preparing to transfer new launch systems for ballistic missiles to Russia. This poses a threat not only to Ukraine. Russia is helping North Korea gain combat experience, improve its weaponry, and acquire practical skills in using weapons in real combat conditions. All of this creates a threat to all countries in Asia that are within range of North Korean missiles.
We will counter this. [end.]

Except that they can do nothing to counter this.

When the AFU invaded Kursk Region, the newly trained Russian National Guard (not part of the Armed Forces) gave a good account of themselves to delay the incursion at the border until they ran out of ammunition, and apart from a few who were captured, retreated into the forest. They stayed there for some weeks until a Buryat Mongol who could navigate through a forest without any electronic device (to avoid detection) brought them out. The Buryat Mongols force was then joined by a brigade of North Koreans. That’s 10, 000 men. This force had already received Russian training in the Far East of Russia. They fought well and then were sent home. Russia then helped North Korea upgrade the production engineering of its missile production and upgraded their targeting electronics. The Koreans who had been in Kursk were distributed through three new brigades, to bring their experience to fresh troops. This training is now complete and so the three brigades, which constitute and army (30,000 soldiers) are indeed about to travel to Russia. They are going to fight in the SMO and will presumably bring back their experience to help train the rest of the North Korean land forces. The new North Korean launch systems are already in use in the SMO. Perhaps Russians have already been trained to use them.

It is plausible that this is intended to prepare to resist any South Korean/Japanese /US incursion into North Korea, Russia, or China. North Korea has already destroyed the roads that lead to South Korea. Far from wishing to re-unify the country, North Korea wants nothing to do with those people, it seems.

2.South China Morning Post: North Korea Expands Troop Support

North Korea is reportedly sending up to 30,000 additional troops to Russia, according to a South China Morning Post report (https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3361943/north-korea-sending-30000-troops-russia-win-win-analysts). The deployment would add to earlier North Korean personnel support for Moscow and gives Russia more manpower without another large-scale mobilisation.

The reported arrangement deepens military cooperation between Pyongyang and Moscow as both face prolonged confrontation with the West. The article says North Korea stands to receive money and military technology, reinforcing a broader exchange in which Russia gains troops while North Korea secures economic and defence benefits.

If carried out at that scale, the move would further institutionalise the Russia-North Korea wartime partnership. It would also increase scrutiny of sanctions enforcement and military transfers between the two states.

3.Seoul monitors DPRK-Russia troop reports

South Korea’s foreign ministry said it is closely monitoring military cooperation between North Korea and Russia after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia is preparing to receive an additional 30,000 North Korean troops for the war in Ukraine. Zelenskyy said preparations have been under way since June in Russia’s Voronezh region; Seoul said it cannot comment on intelligence matters and that no confirmed signs of an additional deployment have been detected so far.

Seoul reiterated that military cooperation between Pyongyang and Moscow in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions must stop immediately. Government sources believe North Korea has already deployed about 20,000 troops and military engineers to support Russia, with around 14,000 estimated to be serving on the front line.

The report comes days after North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui visited Moscow and met President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. The visit added to scrutiny over expanding DPRK-Russia military ties.

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The Red Sea chokepoint: Saudi oil’s last escape route narrows

Saudi Arabia’s vast oil exports now increasingly depend on a single narrow escape route – the Suez Canal, as conflict in the Strait of Hormuz and now the Red Sea continues to redraw global energy flows, the WSJ reports.

For Asia-bound cargoes, the detour adds 20-30 days, raising freight and insurance costs.  The problem is that the Suez Canal is too shallow for fully laden oil tankers. To pass, a tanker must discharge roughly half its cargo, pump it through the Sumed pipeline across Egypt, and reload on the other side—or split the cargo between two smaller Suezmax tankers.  The Suez Canal is also too narrow for modern tankers.

👉 Iran has previously warned it could shut down Bab al-Mandeb and the Red Sea if the US continues its escalation.

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Putin today, in one of his many comments during Russia’s Navy Day, defined an important issue, not only for Russia.  He said:  “Russia must act carefully but decisively against attempts to seize Russian commercial ships”  — Putin.

‘As one should combat PIRACY and pirates‘

Putin also questioned the legality of Ukraine as a state or country saying:  “In the western part of Ukraine, there are lands that Stalin gifted to Ukraine after World War II.  But he gifted them within the framework of a single state.  Apparently, it never occurred to him that a situation like today’s could arise.

Putin also highlight a legal issue possibly indicating that Russia will handle the end of the SMO on this legal basis.  “By the way, I am sure that sooner or later, Ukraine will lose these western lands. What belonged to Poland, Hungary, and Romania will eventually, historically, return to its place.  There was only one guarantor of Ukraine’s territorial integrity—and that was Russia.”

I get the idea that Russia may just give those Western lands back to their original owners.  That would put the fox back in the European henhouse with some spoils of war possible.

On the issue of piracy, Peskov followed up in his briefing today:

“International maritime law is in force, according to which international merchant vessels cannot be armed, and therefore they are commercial vessels. Any other additional equipment for these vessels is also impossible, so this is out of the question in principle. But the fact that the Russian navy can take protective measures — yes, the president made an exhaustive statement on this yesterday,” the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

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For the coming week, we will see Zelensky meeting with Trump, as well as Bloody Bibi (if they all stay alive).  Both are already on US media,  spreading their perverted messages.

Netanyahu as reported in Israeli Media announced that Israel had a ‘request’?, ‘order’? from the US to withdraw from Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon.  He loudly proclaimed that he will refuse.  All of this may be lies and he may just be spinning.  An Update:  Times of Israel: Netanyahu’s plane to Washington delayed without explanation.

Zelensky is begging for ‘total’ sanctions on Russia & vows to distrupt ‘logistics, petrol & diesel’

Trump is continuing with ‘negotiations’. I have no idea who he is negotiation with. Iran’s MFA Spox says there are no negotiations with the US right now. Baghaei, in response to a question about communications between Iran-US, said: “Mediators may convey messages regarding current developments, but at present, we are not engaged in any negotiations with the American side.”

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I don’t expect the full-on war on Iran to continue for at least the next few days for whichever of the myriad reasons quoted for the ceasefire.   It may be that the US Department of War has updated its casualty database, raising the total number of American forces either killed or wounded during Washington’s unprovoked war on Iran to 642, according to figures published over the weekend.

We may see some of the changes not seen in 100 years in the coming week.  Natural gas is very scarce.  The movement of liquefied natural gas through the Strait of Hormuz has been halted for nearly three weeks, with no ship activity observed since the last Qatari gas tanker was attacked earlier this month.

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The West Bank

According to Israeli media reports, attacks by Extremist Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank increased by 63% during the first half of this year, with 30 hate crimes committed by settlers on weekends alone.

During those attacks, 140 Palestinians were injured and six were killed, compared to 82 injuries and no deaths in the second half of 2025.

The surge has coincided with increasing political support for settlers, protection provided by the Israeli army, and the continued expansion of settler armament.

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For those that did , or did not want to, or forgot to bookmark this, here it is again.

A massive archive of evidence showing Israeli war crimes committed over the past 3+ years is now publicly available.

The archive is searchable, sorted by various tags, with incidents geolocated on a map. All media is downloadable. New evidence continues to be logged as mew incidents occur.

WARNING: This is an extremely upsetting feed to scroll through.

MAIN SITE
https://archivegenocide.com/

MIRROR SITES
https://archivegenocide.is/
https://archivegenocide.org/

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Xi: China, Brazil should promote expanded BRICS cooperation

China and Brazil should jointly promote the high-quality development of expanded BRICS cooperation, Chinese President Xi Jinping said during a phone call with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, as quoted by China Central Television.

👉 Xi emphasized the need to achieve new practical results and open a new chapter in strengthening solidarity and independent development among countries in the Global South.

China supports Brazil in defending its national sovereignty and independence, opposes external interference, and supports Brazil’s contribution to maintaining peace and stability in the region and around the world, the Chinese leader added.

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