Tatiana Slobodyanyuk11:59, 06/18/24

Putin recently thanked North Korea for its help in the war after sending nearly 5 million shells.

On the eve of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s visit to North Korea, the North Korean newspaper Nodong Sinmun published an article signed by the Russian President.  Russia highly appreciates the “firm” support of the DPRK in conducting a “special military operation” in Ukraine and, for its part, will support the Korean people “in their struggle for independence” in confrontation with the “insidious, dangerous and aggressive enemy,” Putin emphasized in the article “Russia and the DPRK: traditions of friendship and cooperation in a year .  “

“Pyongyang has been and remains our convinced like-minded person and supporter, ready to resolutely resist the desire of the collective West to prevent the establishment of a multipolar world order based on justice, mutual respect for sovereignty, and consideration of each other’s interests. Russia is ready for close cooperation with Pyongyang in order to make international relations more democratic and stable,” Putin said.

In addition, he repeated the theses that the United States and other Western countries “themselves provoked the conflict in Ukraine” and will continue to “pump the neo-Nazi Kiev regime with money and weapons, pushing them to strike at the territory of the Russian Federation.”

“All attempts to contain and isolate Russia have failed. And our Korean friends, despite many years of economic pressure, provocations, blackmail and military threats from the United States, are just as effectively defending their interests,” the dictator emphasized.

At the end of the article, Putin wishes good health to Kim Jong-un and expresses hope that Russia and North Korea “with joint efforts will be able to bring bilateral interaction to an even higher level.”

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As UNIAN previously wrote, the DPRK could transfer almost 5 million artillery shells to Russia , the South Korean Defense Minister said. According to him, Seoul discovered at least 10 thousand sea containers that were sent from North Korea to the Russian Federation, which could contain up to 4.8 million artillery shells, similar to those with which Putin attacked Ukraine.

UNIAN also reported that Putin will visit North Korea and Vietnam, since the war in Ukraine has come to a standstill . According to Kremlin statements released Monday, Putin will visit North Korea on June 18-19 and travel to Vietnam on June 19-20. This is the Russian dictator’s first trip to North Korea since 2000.

(C)UNIAN 2024