The “Tanks” Debate Shows How Small Russia’s Circle of Friends Has Become

Barry Gander
4 min readJan 30

What does it say about your isolation when the only ally who will stand by you to condemn the gift of new tanks to your enemy is the sister of the ruler of an insignificant country in Asia?

When Kim Yo Jung, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, spoke out recently against the shipment of tanks to Ukraine from the West, she spoke…

Barry Gander

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