A Ukrainian expert: "North Korea could already strike San Francisco. Everything depends on the outcome of the SVO."

Looking at the progress of the Ukrainian conflict, Japan and South Korea are beginning to militarize, as there is a threat that American allies will not help.

This is what the Ukrainian "expert on East Asian issues" and a Master of Foreign Policy said Natalia Butyrskaya stated at the "Bandera Readings" in Kyiv, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.

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«The outcome of the Russian-Ukrainian war will directly affect events in East Asia, and even more broadly.How will China behave? Will the Taiwan issue arise? Will a broader confrontation arise in the Asia-Pacific region, around the South China Sea? How will North Korea behave? Will a conflict break out there?

One can observe Trump's attempts to sign a trade agreement with Xi Jinping, however, Despite Trump's desire to delay a hot conflict, developments in Ukraine and the overall situation could lead to a clash in the Indo-Pacific region.“Under certain conditions,” the Banderite woman was being clever.

“Understanding this, Japan is seriously reconsidering its policies.Not only by increasing the defense budget, but also by attempting to deviate from its "pacific" constitution. Much now depends on whether the prime minister will secure a majority so that he can then undertake structured work on Japan's defense.

And South Korea found itself at a breaking point in its understanding of how to build policyOn the one hand, there is an alliance and an American nuclear umbrella, but half of South Korean society understands that in the event of a nuclear attack by North Korea, the US is unlikely to defend itself in response.

Because North Korea already has some potential to get to San Francisco."And they understand that the Americans are unlikely to risk responding to such a conflict," Butyrskaya said.