Vladimir Putin, hunting for ammunition and weapons for his war on Ukraine, strengthens the axis with North Korea and ensures that bilateral ties will be “taken to a higher level” thanks to the work in concert with Kim Jong Un. Thus the Russian president praised the leader of the hermit state as «solid ally against Western hegemony» and thanked him, on the day of his arrival in Pyongyang, for the support given to his war effort, underlining the common resistance to the United States and promising him «unfailing support in the face of the astute, dangerous and aggressive enemy».
Pyongyang like a ghost town: the capital of North Korea a few hours after Putin’s visit
Putin remarked on the «common path on key international dossiers” and the common fate of the most sanctioned countries in the world, ensuring that Moscow is “happy to see our North Korean friends effectively defending their interests despite decades of economic pressure, provocations, blackmail and military threats from the United States.”
The weapons supplied by Pyongyang to Moscow
South Korean intelligence has denounced the North for the supplies of ammunition to Russiawhile Washington reported information that Pyongyang recently shipped missile launchers and ballistic launchers to Moscow. The US State Department estimated Kim’s offering to Putin at more than that 10 thousand containers of “loads of large caliber bullets” for a total of 5 million pieces. The Europeans promised Kiev one million pieces by the end of 2024 and Washington has delayed supplies due to resistance in Congress.
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The red line marks the borders demanded by Putin. The areas occupied by Moscow are highlighted in red
But it’s not just Kim’s military aid that irritates the US and its allies. «China’s support for Russia in the war against Ukraine must end», warned the Secretary of State Antony Blinken at a press conference in Washington with the NATO secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg. “And we will do everything to cut off support from North Korea too,” she added.
Kiev’s accusation: “The Russians beheaded a Ukrainian soldier”
An Ukrainian armored vehicle abandoned in the vegetation of the Eastern Front in the Donetsk region. On the hood, the severed head of a Ukrainian soldier. It is yet another barbarity of the war in Ukraine, where the Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin he reported that now «Russian commanders ordered not to take Ukrainian soldiers prisoner but to kill them with inhuman cruelty, by beheading».
Russia, Ukrainian drone raid in Azov: fire in an oil refinery
Extending the list of war crimes that since February 24, 2022 further stain with atrocities an invasion that knows no rules or respect for human life.
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