Kyiv — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has issued a stark warning about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s global strategy, accusing him of abandoning the West and forging deeper ties with China, Iran, and North Korea to prolong the war in Ukraine.
“Putin doesn’t believe in Europe, America, the West. So he wages war,” Zelenskyy wrote on X. “He believes in China, Iran, North Korea, seeks strategic treaties there. He bets money will corrupt everyone and buy indulgence. His plan: try to buy indulgence and continue the war. Question is: who’s buying?”
Zelenskyy’s remarks come amid growing evidence of military cooperation between Russia and authoritarian regimes. According to recent reports, Iran has ramped up weapons supplies to Moscow, while North Korea has deployed thousands of troops to Russia’s Kursk region for combat operations. China’s silence on the alliance has also drawn scrutiny, with analysts warning of a shifting global power dynamic.
A Dangerous Alliance
In interviews this week, Zelenskyy described the Russia–Iran–North Korea axis as a “concrete alliance against Ukraine and the entire West”, warning that the three nations have effectively merged their defense industries to escalate weapons production.
The Ukrainian leader urged Western and Asian democracies to recognize the strategic threat posed by these partnerships and to resist what he called “Putin’s indulgence strategy”—a calculated effort to use money and influence to bypass accountability and sustain aggression.
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