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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un offered Moscow his “unconditional support” for the war in Ukraine, according to state media reports in Pyongyang.
In conversations with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in North Korea, Kim said that Pyongyang was standing on “all measures taken by the Russian leadership” to deal with “the root cause of the Ukrainian crisis”.
Western officials believe Pyongyang has sent approximately 11,000 soldiers to Russia in the last year to fight Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin began a full -scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
According to the North Korean state media, KCNA News Agency, Kim and Lavrov, met on Saturday at an atmosphere full of warm comrades’ trust. “
The North Korean leader also expressed “a firm conviction that the Russian army and people will surely win the victory in achieving the sacred reason to protect the dignity and basic interests of the country.”
On Telegram, the Russian Foreign Ministry posted a video showing the two men who shakes off and greet each other with a hug.
Lavrov also met with his son as his North Korean counterpart, Chow Huy, and thanked the “heroic” North Korean soldiers located to support Russia, the Russian agency TAS reported.
North Korea’s updated military support for Russia comes as US President Donald Trump has resumed military supplies in UkraineAfter a brief pause.
Trump told NBC News on Thursday that he has made a NATO deal for the United States to send Patriot’s air defense systems to Ukraine through the Alliance after a rush of Russian air attacks.
Pyongyang for the first time publicly admitted that he was sending troops to Russia in April, months after Ukraine and the West revealed the large-scale movement of North Korea troops to the Russian-Ukrainian pediment.
Kim signed an agreement With Russian leader Vladimir Putin in June last year, we agreed to support each other if each country deals with “aggression”.
In addition to soldiers, North Korea also promised to send thousands of workers to help restore Russia torn apart the Kursk region, Moscow’s security chief said Last month.
