“The Russian Federation has become a problem for the world order, for democracy. In fact, it is a war of Russia with the democratic world. It is not (just) a war with Ukraine,” Romanian Defense Chief Gheorghita Vlad said in February of this year.This is how North Korean troops could be used in Russia’s war in UkraineRussia’s war in Ukraine may have reached a new stage this week, with reports that North Korea has moved from supplying Moscow with weapons to sending its own troops. A Western diplomat familiar with the matter told the Kyiv Independent on Oct. 15 Pyongyang has sent 10,000 soldiers toThe Kyiv IndependentChris YorkAfter decades of fighting insurgents rather than armies, underfunded European forces still sobering up from the post-Cold War "peace dividend years," and the shadow of Donald Trump's return to the White House, NATO's readiness for such a clash lies in doubt.