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re <<The videos here show that China appears to be ready for the coming storm, Russia is currently fighting that storm apparently with one hand tied behind its back, for reasons that might or not be known to all. Iran, is it the weak link? Have Russia/Iran signed the much talked about defence pact yet?>>
a few items to add to considerations, that ...
(1) Now Russia seconded some hands indubitably looser, for the earlier suspected / non-existent N Korean soldiers have drawn first-blood on the far western front, and according to Reuters reporting what Zelensky said, reuters.com
North Korean troops join Russian assaults in significant numbers, Kyiv says
Normally I would discount or entirely dismiss such report as fog-of-war stuffing, but this time the matter is also reported in a different way from the China-direction, and that apparently the west-reported 'special forces' and east-reported 'scouts' made a good show for Team N Korea for and on behalf of Team Russia.
If continue to be true (video-stream soldiers, flags, etc), Russia unlikely or less likely to lose, or more probably to definitely shall win, depending on whether and when Nato and which even if all Nato forces choose to engage with two warrior nations fighting shoulder to shoulder neural-backed by a third
Whilst the Russians and N Koreans have a mutual defence treaty en.wikipedia.org–Russian_Treaty_on_Comprehensive_Strategic_Partnership#:~:text=The%20Treaty%20on%20Comprehensive%20Strategic,Vladimir%20Putin%20to%20North%20Korea.
The Russians and Chinese do NOT have a mutual defence treaty because China is neutral and ONLY a relationship of 'Friendship without Limits" that which the CW trying to puzzle out what the limits to no-limits might be, if any. I am guessing, and just a guess, that the think-tanks are thinking excessively, for no-limits mean exactly that, no-limits carnegieendowment.org
Taiwan and the Limits of the Russia-China Friendship
Russian-Chinese “friendship without limits” rests on a solid foundation. Two factors—shared authoritarian domestic politics and adversarial relations with the United States—are most important.
However, complication, that the N Koreans and Chinese do have a mutual defence treaty delimiting how far N Korea might fall and not again rise, meaning never ever and tested by spilt blood en.wikipedia.org–North_Korea_relations#:~:text=In%201961%2C%20the%20two%20countries,in%201981%2C%202001%20and%202021.
So, a direct attack by Nato on N Korea would be a serious-serious escalation ... against China-China-China
(1-i) the N Korean troops fight on own at and beyond contact line and separate from Russian units to reduce battle space confusion
(1-ii) the N Koreans took down 300 Ukrainians within 2 and 1/2 hours battle contact
(1-iii) the N Korean units are comprised of 3 fellows each, with 2 units assigned to each Ukrainian strong point; apparently the Russians are impressed by the N Korean ways of tactics
Iran? When chips are about to be all-in, whatever the Iranians might need and Russia / China unwilling to supply, can count on N Korean dispensation of largess, am guessing, or tally in Pakistan capabilities / capacities, just-saying
Help for supposedly unhelpful to humanity entities is not about supposed values but all to do with tribal survival, 'nuff said
... and no, no nation has mutual defence compact with Pakistan, but China, tested over the eons, has been singularly 'steadfast' en.wikipedia.org–Pakistan_relations#:~:text=There%20are%20strong%20military%20ties,Soviet%20influence%20in%20the%20area.
(2) ... perhaps a follow-on post, just to make clear what is easily seen should anyone look, and nothing to do with anything else, just-saying and 'nuff-said; earlier in the SI postings termed "just-IS"
