Russia's Security Council Secretary, Russia's security officer and former defense minister, arrived in North Korea on Friday. There has been the second highest level of contact between the two countries since Russian Strongman Vladimir Putin held a few hours of telephone conversation with President Donald Trump this week.
Before arriving in Pyongyang, the communist government of North Korea Sent The two delegations to Moscow reportedly are discussing economic and health issues, respectively. The gust of diplomacy appears to be an overture by communist dictator Kim Jong-un, and has continued to nurture closer ties with Russia since last summer, when he welcomed Byung-gyan for the first time in 20 years.
The main deliverable of Putin's trip to Pyongyang was the signing of a mutual defense agreement that preceded a widespread report of North Korean soldiers who appeared on the ground fighting Ukraine. Ukrainian President Voldymir Zelensky estimated that North Korea deployed thousands of soldiers to support the ongoing Russian invasion of its own country in late 2024, and released a video claiming that it would show an interview with Ukrainians of captured North Korean soldiers. Neither Russia nor North Korea has confirmed the official involvement of North Korean troops in the invasion.
If Putin is considering a ceasefire proposal reportedly discussed with Trump, as proposed by the Russian government, such a deal would require the plucking of reported North Korea's presence at the border.
North Korea's state-run Korea Central News Agency (KCNA) Confirmed The shoes and his delegation arrived in the country on Friday. Outside of Report North Korea's national religion – visiting a memorial to the fallen Soviet soldiers of founder Kim Il Sung and his family's delegation to the Marxist worship, and a fallen Soviet soldier, KCNA has not provided further details at the time of reporting.
However, Russian news agency Tass reported that during his meeting with Kim, Shoigu had tackled the Ukrainian war.
“I would like to express my gratitude to my friends in Korea for solidarity with Russia on all important geopolitical issues, especially on the issue of Ukraine.” Quote As I say, shoigu. “Russia highly value the level of achievement of strategic relations between nations and is committed to deepening them.”
Separately, KCNA released the screed on Friday, notifying citizens of Zelensky's devastating visit to the White House in late February. There, Trump and Zelensky were expected to sign a contract for the joint exploitation of Ukrainian mineral resources, but they never followed an attempt to publicly recognize Zelensky's contract. Trump eventually expelled Zelensky from the White House, declaring that he was not ready for peace with Russia.
kcna omission Details of the visit told North Korea that the latest visit was a “gaffe,” citing the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
“During a visit to Washington, Zelensky was a propaganda of war and his shameless actions proved to be the greatest threat to the international community,” the KCNA claimed, citing the Russian government. “[A Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman] President Trump added that White House President Trump rebuked Zelensky strictly enough to calm him down. ”
The report makes sense as North Korea bans consumption of media not being produced by its oppressive regime, and the only news that the average North Korean citizen has access to is what the administration believes is suitable for sharing. It is illegal to have knowledge of the meeting between Trump and Zelensky in North Korea before Friday, and sharing information appears to be a bid to make the public's sentiment more sour towards Ukraine, potentially frame Trump as a slightly lesser of his enemy.
North Korea's arrival in North Korea followed a corresponding visit by North Korean officials to Russia. Korean newspaper Korea's Junggan Daily It is shown While North Korean experts had expected the visit to revolve around discussions about the Ukrainian invasion and its role in it, KCNA has provided little detail. According to John GunHealth and external economic relations ministries both sent another group of experts to Russia this week. North Korean newspaper Rodong Shin-moon We reported on the arrival of the delegation, but not what they discussed.
“The move has encouraged speculation that Pyongyang is located to demand compensation for military assistance to Moscow – from the supply of arms to the deployment of military forces through conflict.” John Gun “The newspapers did not specify the purpose of the delegation, but analysts broadly believe that the visit is linked to the end of the war roadmap in the form of Trump and Putin,” he added.
President Trump described his conversation with Putin on Tuesday as “very well productive,” claiming that Putin has “consented an immediate ceasefire for all energy and infrastructure.”
“Many elements of the contract for peace have been discussed, including the fact that thousands of soldiers have been killed, both Putin and Zelensky want to end it,” he added.
The end of the Russian invasion of Ukraine would require the end of North Korea's military operations to support that invasion. War Research Institute (ISW) Estimated A January 11 report states that around 12,000 North Korean troops have been deployed on the Ukrainian War Front, just over 10,000 Zelensky first showed his intelligence news was fighting his army.
In January, the Ukrainian government released a video claiming it had shown two North Korean fighters who captured the war battle in Russia.
The Ukrainian government thanked South Korea for providing it to translators who communicate with soldiers who believe they are jumping in for “training” rather than actively hostile actions against Ukraine. Zelensky provided potential asylum to North Korea, who caught a battle that he didn't want to go home.
“For North Korean soldiers who don't want to return home, there may be other options,” he said at the time. “It is especially given those who express their desire to bring peace closer by spreading the truth about this war in Korean.”
