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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Justin McCurry in Osaka and Emma Graham-Harrison

Seoul says Russia sent air-defence missiles to North Korea in return for troops

Vladimir Putin, left, and Kim Jong-un hold documents
Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un signed a mutual defence pact in Pyongyang in June. Photograph: Kristina Kormilitsyna/AP

Russia has sent air defence missiles and other military technology to North Korea in return for the deployment of troops from the North to support the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine, intelligence officials in South Korea have said.

The shipments were the latest expression of a deepening alliance that allies and enemies fear could fuel the escalation of the war in Ukraine, geopolitical tensions in Asia, and potentially even global nuclear arms proliferation.

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