Beijing also provides billions worth of dual-use goods to Russia, having an increasingly important role in Moscow's ability to wage war on Ukraine."Contrary to what China says officially… I don't think Pyongyang would have surprised China by sending troops without discussing it before," Mathieu Boulegue, a senior fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) think tank, told the Kyiv Independent. The expert dismissed Beijing's diplomatic messaging as a "big masquerade."‘Moscow is desperate’ — Expert on North Korean troops in RussiaThe Kyiv Independent spoke with former U.K. Defense Attaché in Moscow, John Foreman CBE, about what this development might mean for the future of Russia’s war and the global landscape.The Kyiv IndependentChris YorkChina and North Korea – close as 'lips and teeth'Chinese dictator Mao Zedong once said that his homeland and North Korea are as close as "lips and teeth.

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