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https://www.newsweek.com/north-korea-making-billions-russias-war-ukraine-2060290
据最近的估计，朝鲜参与俄罗斯对乌克兰的战争迄今已为其经济创造了超过 200 亿美元的收入，并帮助平壤获得了更多高科技武器。
韩国国防分析研究所智库发布了一份报告，概述了朝鲜与俄罗斯的军事合作在支持莫斯科正在进行的乌克兰入侵方面的潜在价值。
俄罗斯于 2022 年 2 月对乌克兰发动全面入侵，持续时间比莫斯科预想的要长得多，这主要是由于美国和其他西方盟友向基辅提供了重要的军事援助。
乌克兰的国防实力以及西方制裁对其经济的有害影响迫使俄罗斯向中国、伊朗和朝鲜等伙伴寻求战争支持。
这些不断深化的伙伴关系对美国构成了战略挑战，因为美国正面临着全球三个敌对国家的威胁。特朗普政府还寻求迅速结束乌克兰战争，朝鲜通过援助俄罗斯加剧了这场战争。
韩国国防分析研究所的报告称，朝鲜绝大部分经济利益来自于向俄罗斯供应军火，但朝鲜也从派遣数千名士兵对抗乌克兰以及提供技术支持中获益。
然而，朝鲜军队的损失十分惨重，据信朝鲜派出的11,000名士兵中，约有4,000人死亡。他们主要在俄罗斯库尔斯克地区作战，抵御乌克兰军队的跨境入侵。
韩国国防分析研究所表示，朝鲜可能更希望俄罗斯提供“实物和技术援助”来换取其支持，包括有助于加强其军事能力和推进其战略目标的高科技武器。
North Korea’s involvement in Russia’s war on Ukraine has generated more than $20 billion for its economy so far, according to a recent estimate, and is helping Pyongyang to acquire even more high-tech weapons.
The South’s Korea Institute for Defense Analyses (KIDA) think tank published a report outlining the potential value of North Korea’s military cooperation with Russia as it supports Moscow’s ongoing Ukraine invasion.
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, launched in February 2022, has lasted much longer than Moscow thought it would, largely due to vital military aid supplied to Kyiv by the U.S. and other Western allies.
The strength of Ukraine’s defense and the deleterious impact of Western sanctions on its economy have forced Russia to seek support in its war from its partners, including China, Iran and North Korea.
These deepening partnerships pose a strategic challenge to the U.S., which is facing down all three hostile states across the world. The Trump administration is also seeking to swiftly end the Ukraine war, which North Korea is fueling by aiding Russia.
The KIDA report said the vast majority of the economic benefit to North Korea has been through its supply of munitions to Russia, but it has also benefited from sending thousands of troops to fight against Ukraine and offering technical support.
Troop losses have been heavy, however, and around 4,000 are believed to have died of the 11,000 North Korea has sent. They were mostly fighting in Russia’s Kursk region to fend off a cross-border incursion by Ukrainian forces.
North Korea probably prefers “in-kind and technical assistance” from Russia in exchange for its support, KIDA said, including high-tech weapons that help strengthen its military capabilities and advance its strategic goals.
