North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un is "disappointed" in his relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin as he sends troops to aid in Ukraine.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country will “invariably support” Russia’s war in Ukraine as he met Russia's visiting defense chief.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has told the Russian defence minister that Ukraine's use of long-range weapons is the result of direct military intervention by the United States and Moscow is entitled to fight in self-defence,

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov that the U.S. authorization of Ukraine to fire missiles into Russia represented a direct U.S. intervention in the war duri

"Their accuracy, in principle, is not very high. We understand that the technologies by which they were manufactured are outdated," Andrii Cherniak, a military intelligence spokesperson, told Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

The authorities in North Korea are planning to increase repression against their citizens. This includes, among other things, actions against individuals criticizing the decision to send soldiers to support Russian troops in the war with Ukraine.

Russia has fired at least 60 ballistic missiles supplied by North Korea, according to a Ukrainian military spokesperson speaking to Radio Free Europe. Since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, Kim Jong Un’s regime has provided significant military support to Moscow,

Russia has fired around 60 North Korean missiles at Ukraine since the full-scale invasion began. Source: Andrii Cherniak, spokesperson for Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU), in an interview with Donbas Realii (a Radio Liberty project).