Putin hails N. Korea’s support for Ukraine war as he lands in Pyongyang

This picture taken early on June 19, 2024 and released from North Korea 's official Korean Central News Agency via KNS shows North Korea 's leader Kim Jong-un welcoming Russia 's President Vladimir Putin upon his arrival at Pyongyang International Airport in the North Korea n capital.

Moscow and Pyongyang have been allies since North Korea’s founding after World War II and have drawn even closer since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 led to the West isolating Putin internationally.The United States and its allies have accused North Korea of supplying Russia with much-needed arms, including ballistic missiles to use in Ukraine.

Both countries are under rafts of United Nations sanctions — Pyongyang since 2006 over banned nuclear and ballistic missile programmes and Moscow over the invasion of Ukraine. The two Koreas have remained technically at war since their 1950-53 conflict and the border dividing them is one of the most heavily fortified in the world.

The South’s military said it believed the North Korean soldiers accidentally crossed as they were fortifying the border, but said some of them were wounded after detonating landmines.Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Putin’s trip showed how he was “dependent” on authoritarian leaders. “The best way to respond to it is to continue strengthening the diplomatic coalition for just and lasting peace in Ukraine and delivering more Patriots and ammunition to Ukraine,” Kuleba told AFP.

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