The highs and lows of relations between Russia and North Korea

The United States, which first disclosed that the visit was imminent, stated that Kim and Putin were likely to discuss North Korea supplying Russia with weapons for Ukraine's brutal civil conflict. This would be a role reversal from the 1950-1953 Korean War, when the Soviet Union supplied ammunition, aircraft, and pilots to aid communist North Korea in its invasion of neighboring South Korea.

Here are the origins of North Korea-R....