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Kim Jong Un says alliance with Russia ‘now rising to historic peak’

Putin also claimed Moscow has never opposed Ukraine's potential membership of the European Union

During his first term, Vladimir Putin had to confront a raft of political and economic challenges, including the Chechen wars, conflict in Iraq, and the unchecked power of Russia’s oligarchs. He also faced a major tragedy that he handled disastrously, and which undermined his image as a strong and competent…

Letter marking the anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japanese rule a sign of increasingly close ties between Russia and North Korea

During the call on Tuesday, Putin praised the “bravery, heroism and self-sacrificing spirit” displayed by Pyongyang’s troops as they fought together with Russian forces, North Korea’s state-run media said.

Call between the two leaders comes days ahead of US President Donald Trump’s summit with Putin in Alaska.

Pyongyang is reportedly planning to deploy thousands more troops to back Russia.

Russian claim of deadly Ukrainian attack on Kursk beach; convictions over Wagner arson attack in London. What we know on day 1,232

News of Roman Starovoit’s death made public shortly after that of his sacking by Putin, but timeline is unconfirmed