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Autocracies deepen military ties, adding pressure to global energy stability
The report links Russia, North Korea, and other autocracies to escalating security risks, citing Russia’s use of North Korean ballistic missiles amid deployment reports of up to 120 missiles in western Russia.
OilPrice examines how China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea are increasingly coordinating resources, military capabilities, and geopolitical leverage to resist Western pressure.
The outlet cites President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s statement that Russia used North Korean ballistic missiles in an August 11 attack on Zaporizhzhya that killed seven people and injured two dozen others.
OilPrice also points to reports that a North Korean missile unit with up to 120 ballistic missiles has started deploying to western Russia, and notes Pyongyang test-fired another ballistic missile on August 11 ahead of major US-South Korean military exercises.
According to David J. Kramer, executive director of the George W. Bush Institute and a former senior US diplomat, cooperation among the four countries is already operational but does not yet amount to a formal alliance comparable to NATO, raising broader balancing challenges for Washington across multiple theaters.