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does this count as a "proxy war" against the west ??
I think it does if you count giving weapons a proxy war .....as some posters do here .

North Korea urged to stop supplying Russia with weapons

Freed Ukrainian prisoners weep as they sing on way home after two years in captivity

Earlier, we reported that Ukraine and Russia had carried out their first prisoner swap since February (see 13.05 post).

Now, Ukraine's defence ministry has shared a video of freed prisoners singing Ukraine, originally by Taras Petrynenko, as they're brought back home.

Leading the sing-along is Kostyantyn Myrhorodskyi, who was in Russian captivity for more than two years.

Some of the men with him on the coach can be seen weeping as they are overcome with emotion by the moment.