Kim Jong Un reaffirms support for Russia's war in Ukraine
Kim Jong Un reaffirms support for Russia's war in Ukraine

Kim Jong Un reaffirms support for Russia’s war in Ukraine

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N. Korea’s Kim reaffirms unconditional support for Russia in Ukraine war: KCNA

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un reaffirmed his unconditional support for all of Russia’s actions in its war against Ukraine. Kim made the remarks in a meeting with Lavrov on Saturday, a day after the Russian minister flew to North Korea. Kim and Lavrov discussed the faithful implementation of the agreements reached during Kim’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in June last year.

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SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un reaffirmed his unconditional support for all of Russia’s actions in its war against Ukraine as he met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, the North’s state media reported Sunday.

Kim made the remarks in a meeting with Lavrov on Saturday, a day after the Russian minister flew to North Korea for his second round of strategic talks with his North Korean counterpart, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

During the talks, Kim and Lavrov discussed the faithful implementation of the agreements reached during Kim’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Pyongyang in June last year, as well as ways to further develop the two countries’ strategic partnership, the KCNA said.

Kim “reaffirmed that the DPRK is ready to unconditionally support and encourage all the measures taken by the Russian leadership as regards the tackling of the root cause of the Ukrainian crisis” in line with the North Korea-Russia mutual defense treaty, the KCNA also noted.

DPRK refers to North Korea’s official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (L) shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (C) during their meeting in Wonsan, North Korea, on July 12, 2025, in this photo provided by the Russian foreign ministry on Telegram. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

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Kim Jong Un reaffirms support for Russia’s war in Ukraine

North Korea reaffirms support for Russia’s war in Ukraine. Kim Jong Un offered Moscow his “unconditional support” on the war. Western officials believe Pyongyang has sent an estimated 11,000 troops to Russia over the last year to fight against Ukraine. US President Donald Trump has resumed military supplies to Ukraine, after a brief hiatus. The two men shook hands and greeted each other with a hug, Russia’s foreign ministry said.

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North Korea reaffirms support for Russia’s war in Ukraine

Western officials believe Pyongyang has sent an estimated 11,000 troops to Russia over the last year to fight against Ukraine.

In talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in North Korea, Kim said that Pyongyang stood by “all the measures taken by the Russian leadership” to tackle the “root cause of the Ukrainian crisis”.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un offered Moscow his “unconditional support” on the war in Ukraine, according to Pyongyang state media reports.

According to North Korean state media KCNA news agency, Kim and Lavrov met on Saturday in “an atmosphere full of warm comradely trust”.

The North Korean leader also expressed a “firm belief that the Russian army and people would surely win victory in accomplishing the sacred cause of defending the dignity and basic interests of the country”.

On Telegram, Russia’s foreign ministry posted a video showing the two men shaking hands and greeting each other with a hug.

Lavrov also met with his North Korean counterpart Choe Son Hui and thanked the “heroic” North Korean soldiers deployed to aid Russia, Russia’s TASS news agency reported.

North Korea’s renewed military support for Russia comes as US President Donald Trump has resumed military supplies to Ukraine, after a brief hiatus.

Trump told NBC News on Thursday that he had made a deal with Nato for the US to send Patriot air defence systems to Ukraine via the alliance, after a surge of Russian aerial attacks.

Pyongyang first publicly acknowledged sending troops to Russia in April, months after Ukraine and the West revealed the large-scale troop movement from North Korea to the Russian-Ukrainian frontline.

Kim signed an accord with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in June last year, agreeing to support each other if either country was dealing with “aggression”.

Apart from soldiers, North Korea also promised to send thousands of workers to help rebuild Russia’s war-torn Kursk region, Moscow’s security chief said last month.

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North Korea’s Kim voices ‘unconditional’ support for Russia in Ukraine

Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov is on a three-day visit to North Korea. Pyongyang has provided troops and arms for Russia’s war on Ukraine and pledged more military support as Moscow tries to make advances in the conflict. Lavrov and his North Korean counterpart, Choe Son Hui, held their second strategic dialogue, pledging further cooperation under a partnership treaty. The two heavily sanctioned nations signed a military deal last year, including a mutual defence clause, during a rare visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to North Korean. Russia announced that it would begin twice-a-week flights between Moscow and Pyongyang.

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has told Russia’s top diplomat that Pyongyang is ready to “unconditionally support” all actions taken by Moscow in its war on Ukraine, state media reports, as the two countries held high-level strategic talks.

Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov is on a three-day visit to North Korea, which has provided troops and arms for Russia’s war on Ukraine and pledged more military support as Moscow tries to make advances in the conflict.

Kim met Lavrov in the eastern coastal city of Wonsan, where Lavrov and his North Korean counterpart, Choe Son Hui, held their second strategic dialogue, pledging further cooperation under a partnership treaty signed last year that includes a mutual defence pact.

Kim told Lavrov the steps taken by the allies in response to radically evolving global geopolitics would contribute greatly to securing peace and security around the world, North Korea’s state news agency KCNA reported.

“Kim Jong Un reaffirmed the DPRK is ready to unconditionally support and encourage all the measures taken by the Russian leadership as regards the tackling of the root cause of the Ukrainian crisis,” KCNA said, using the acronym for the country’s official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs posted a video on Telegram of the two men shaking hands and greeting each other with a hug.

The North Korean leader also expressed a “firm belief that the Russian army and people would surely win victory in accomplishing the sacred cause of defending the dignity and basic interests of the country”.

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The two men otherwise discussed “important matters for faithfully implementing the agreements made at the historic DPRK-Russia summit talks in June 2024”, KCNA said.

Relations between Russia and North Korea have deepened dramatically during the last two years of the war in Ukraine, which started with Russia’s full-scale invasion of its neighbour in February 2022, with Pyongyang deploying more than 10,000 troops and arms to back Moscow.

The two heavily sanctioned nations signed a military deal last year, including a mutual defence clause, during a rare visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to North Korea.

Lavrov told Kim that Putin “hopes for continued direct contacts in the very near future”, according to the Russian state news agency TASS.

Ahead of the visit, Russia announced that it would begin twice-a-week flights between Moscow and Pyongyang.

Lavrov lauded Wonsan as “a good tourist attraction”, adding: “We hope it will be popular not only with local citizens, but also with Russians.”

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Russia’s Lavrov meets North Korea’s Kim, praises ties as ‘invincible brotherhood’

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in the coastal city of Wonsan on Saturday. Lavrov described the two nations’ relations as “an invincible fighting brotherhood” Russia’s foreign ministry said the visit represented the continuation of “strategic dialogue” between the two sides inaugurated by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to North Korea last year. Lavrov also thanked North Korea for the troops it had sent to Russia during the conflict in Ukraine. North Korea has agreed to dispatch 6,000 military engineers and builders for reconstruction in Russia’s Kursk region, where Ukrainian forces launched a mass cross-border incursion nearly a year ago. The South Korean intelligence service has said North Korea may be preparing to deploy more troops in July or August.

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Summary Lavrov describes Russia-North Korea ties as ‘invincible fighting brotherhood’

North Korea supports Russia’s military actions in Ukraine, sends troops and munitions

Lavrov’s visit includes talks on mutual defence pact and strategic cooperation

SEOUL, July 12 (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in the coastal city of Wonsan on Saturday, where he described the two nations’ relations as “an invincible fighting brotherhood”, Russia’s foreign ministry said.

The ministry quoted Lavrov as saying that the visit represented the continuation of “strategic dialogue” between the two sides inaugurated by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to North Korea last year.

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In a message passed on by Lavrov, Putin said that he hoped for more direct contacts in future, TASS news agency reported.

Lavrov, the ministry said, also thanked North Korea for the troops it had sent to Russia.

Relations between the two countries deepened during the conflict in Ukraine. Thousands of North Korean troops were deployed during the months-long campaign to oust Ukrainian forces from Russia’s Kursk region, while Pyongyang has also supplied Russia with munitions.

Lavrov also met with his North Korean counterpart, Choe Son Hui, TASS reported.

Lavrov arrived in Wonsan on Friday from Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur following the ASEAN foreign ministers’ meeting . Home to a newly opened seaside resort , Wonsan is also known for its missile and naval facilities.

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Lavrov’s visit is the latest high-level meeting between the two countries as they upgrade their strategic cooperation to now include a mutual defence pact.

“We exchanged views on the situation surrounding the Ukrainian crisis … Our Korean friends confirmed their firm support for all the objectives of the special military operation, as well as for the actions of the Russian leadership and armed forces,” TASS quoted Lavrov as saying.

It also quoted his deputy Andrei Rudenko as saying more high-level delegations would visit North Korea later this year.

The South Korean intelligence service has said North Korea may be preparing to deploy more troops in July or August, after sending more than 10,000 soldiers to fight alongside Russia in the war against Ukraine

North Korea has agreed to dispatch 6,000 military engineers and builders for reconstruction in Russia’s Kursk region, where Ukrainian forces launched a mass cross-border incursion nearly a year ago.

Russian news agencies said after North Korea, Lavrov was due to travel to China to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting, scheduled for Monday and Tuesday.

TASS said the new Wonsan coastal resort could boost Russian tourism to North Korea, citing the resumption of direct trains from Moscow to Pyongyang and a project to build a bridge across the Tumen River forming part of the boundary between North Korea, China and Russia.

Reporting by Heekyong Yang, Jack Kim in Seoul and Felix Light in Tbilisi; Additional reporting by Ron Popeski; Editing by Rod Nickel, Chris Reese, Tom Hogue and Tomasz Janowski

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(LEAD) N. Korea’s Kim reaffirms unconditional support for Russia in Ukraine war: KCNA

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un reaffirmed his unconditional support for all of Russia’s actions in its war against Ukraine. Kim made the remarks in a meeting with Lavrov on Saturday, a day after the Russian minister flew to North Korea for his second round of strategic talks. Kim and Lavrov discussed the faithful implementation of the agreements reached during Kim’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Pyongyang in June last year. The meeting reaffirmed the determination of the North Korean and Russian leaderships to “closely support and cooperate with each other,” the North’s state-run media reported. A statement from the strategic dialogue held the previous day between North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui and Lavrov also was carried by the KCNA. The statement reaffirms the two countries’ commitment to advancing North Korea-Russia relations into long-term strategic ties by faithfully implementing the mutual treaty. The Russian minister expressed his intention to “further strengthen the strategic and tactical cooperation and intensify concerted action … in the international arena”

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By Park Boram

SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un reaffirmed his unconditional support for all of Russia’s actions in its war against Ukraine as he met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, the North’s state media reported Sunday.

Kim made the remarks in a meeting with Lavrov on Saturday, a day after the Russian minister flew to North Korea for his second round of strategic talks with his North Korean counterpart, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

During the talks, Kim and Lavrov discussed the faithful implementation of the agreements reached during Kim’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Pyongyang in June last year, as well as ways to further develop the two countries’ strategic partnership, the KCNA said.

Kim “reaffirmed that the DPRK is ready to unconditionally support and encourage all the measures taken by the Russian leadership as regards the tackling of the root cause of the Ukrainian crisis” in line with the North Korea-Russia mutual defense treaty, the KCNA said.

DPRK refers to North Korea’s official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

This image, published by the Korean Central News Agency on July 13, 2025, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (L) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov holding hands during a meeting on July 12, 2025. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)

The KCNA also quoted Kim as saying that “the two countries share the same views on all strategic issues in conformity with the level of (their) alliance and it shows the high strategic level established between the two countries.”

Lavrov praised the strategic communication between the two countries in diplomatic fields, expressing his intention to “further strengthen the strategic and tactical cooperation and intensify concerted action … in the international arena,” according to the report.

The meeting reaffirmed the determination of the North Korean and Russian leaderships to “closely support and cooperate with each other in the journey for thoroughly safeguarding the core interests of the two countries (and) powerfully promoting the overall development of bilateral ties” under their comprehensive strategic partnership treaty, the KCNA said.

The KCNA also reported that Lavrov conveyed Putin’s “warm greetings” to Kim, who reciprocated with thanks and his own friendly greetings to the Russian president.

An earlier Russian news report on the Kim-Lavrov meeting said that the Russian minister delivered Putin’s message expressing hope for direct contact with Kim in the very near future.

This image, published by the Korean Central News Agency on July 13, 2025, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (R) holding a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (L) and other Russian officials on July 12, 2025. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)

Meanwhile, the KCNA carried a statement from the strategic dialogue held the previous day between North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui and Lavrov.

The statement reaffirmed the two countries’ “unwavering” commitment to advancing North Korea-Russia relations into long-term strategic ties by faithfully implementing the mutual treaty.

In the statement, Russia expressed “firm opposition” to any arbitrary attempts to deny North Korea’s “current status,” voicing unwavering support for Pyongyang’s efforts to defend its national security and sovereign rights, while North Korea expressed unconditional support for all Russian actions in its war against Ukraine.

“It has been confirmed that the two sides’ assessments of the current complex international situation are identical,” the statement said, pledging joint efforts to strengthen strategic communication and coordinate their shared stance.

Aboard a private jet, Lavrov arrived in North Korea’s eastern coastal city of Wonsan on Friday for a three-day trip through Sunday. Both of his meetings with Kim and Choe took place at the newly opened Kalma beach resort area in Wonsan.

This image, published by the Korean Central News Agency on July 13, 2025, shows Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on July 12, 2025. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)

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