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In this photo provided Thursday, March 27, 2025, by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un, center left in a black jacket, stands by what appeared to be a large reconnaissance drone at an undisclosed location in North Korea, earlier this week. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

North Korea sent 3,000 more troops to Russia, according to South’s assessment

South Korea’s military says North Korea sent around 3,000 additional troops to Russia in January and February in continued support for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine.
 
In this this photo provided by the North Korean government, Russia's Security Council Secretary, Sergey Shoigu, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walk togethers during their meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea Friday, March 21, 2025. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

North Korean leader reaffirms support for Russia’s war in Ukraine in talks with top official

 
Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu, right, and Indonesian Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin attend a wreath laying ceremony prior to their meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Russia and Indonesia hold talks to strengthen ties on defense and security

 
In this photo released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov, second left, speaks with North Korean Defense Minister No Kwang Chol, second right, during their meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. (Vadim Savitsky, Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Russian defense minister visits North Korea for talks with military and political leaders

 
Maj. Gen. Ivan Popov, the commander of the 58th Army leaves a court building after a session in Moscow, Russia, Monday, July 15, 2024. Popov was relieved of duty last year after complaining about problems faced by his troops in Ukraine. He was arrested this year and accused of fraud. A court in Moscow on Monday ruled to release him from custody and to place him under house arrest. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russian court orders house arrest for a general in custody on fraud charges

 

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FILE - Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, right, gestures as he speaks to Russian Chief of General Staff Gen. Valery Gerasimov prior to a meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin with the top military brass in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants Tuesday, June 25, 2024 for Russia’s former defense minister and its military chief of staff for attacking civilian targets in Ukraine. (Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

International court seeks arrest of Russian officials over attacks on Ukrainian power plants

 
This photo released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, shows Lt. Gen. Vadim Shamarin, deputy chief of the Russian military general staff, posing for an official photo in Moscow, Russia, on Friday, Oct. 6, 2023. A deputy chief of the Russian military general staff has been arrested on charges of large-scale bribery, Russian news reports said Thursday, the latest in a series of bribery arrests of high-ranking military officials. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service photo via AP)

Deputy Russian military chief of staff jailed for bribery in latest arrest of high defense official

 

Russian general who criticized equipment shortages in Ukraine is arrested on bribery charges

 
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu is driven along Red Square in an Aurus car during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, May 9, 2024, marking the 79th anniversary of the end of World War II. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

A Kremlin shake-up of Russia’s Defense Ministry comes at a key moment in the Ukraine war

 
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov, center, gestures as he waits to attend a ceremony inaugurating Vladimir Putin as President of Russia at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia on Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed removing Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu from his post. Putin nominated First Deputy Prime Minister Andrey Belousov for the role. His appointment must now be approved by Russian lawmakers. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin replaces Shoigu as Russia’s defense minister as he starts his 5th term

 
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, speaks to Mikhail Mishustin, the candidate for the post of Russian Prime Minister during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 10, 2024. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin reappoints his prime minister, a technocrat who has kept a low political profile

 
This handout photo taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan 11, 2024, shows Timur Ivanov, deputy defense minister, in Moscow. Ivanov, a top Russian military official was arrested on suspicion of accepting a bribe, authorities said Tuesday, April 23, 2024. Ivanov, one of Russia's 12 deputy defense ministers, was sanctioned by both the United States and the European Union in 2022, after Russia invaded Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service photo via AP)

Third man is detained in a major bribery case that involves Russia’s deputy defense minister

 
In this photo released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu leads a meeting with the leadership of the Armed Forces at the National Defense Control Center in Moscow, Russia. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

In rare call, Russian defense minister warns French counterpart against sending troops to Ukraine

 
The Zelenchuk family prays before a Christmas dinner in Kryvorivnia village, Ukraine, Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukraine says it shot down Russian fighter jets and drones as the country officially marks Christmas

 
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, center, takes a seat for the opening ceremony of the 10th Beijing Xiangshan Forum in Beijing, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. Defense Minister Shoigu said Monday the United States is fueling geopolitical tensions to uphold its "hegemony" and warned of the risk of confrontation between major countries. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Russia’s envoy uses the stage at a military forum in China to accuse the US of fueling tensions

 

Russia names new air force leader replacing rebellion-tied general, state news reports

 
In this image taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023, North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, center, listens explanations by Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, right, while visiting the Admiral Shaposhnikov frigate of the Russian navy in the port of Vladivostok, Russian Far East. North Korean leader Kim inspected Russia's nuclear-capable bombers and a warship in its Pacific fleet on Saturday as he continued a trip in Russia’s Far East that has sparked Western concerns about an arms alliance that could fuel Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine.(Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un inspects Russian bombers and a warship on a visit to Russia’s Far East

 

The BBC says a Russian pilot tried to shoot down a British plane over the Black Sea last year

 
FILE - In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, left, and China's Vice Chairman of the standing committee of the country's National People's Congress Li Hongzhong, right, attend a military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the armistice that halted fighting in the 1950-53 Korean War, on Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, on July 27, 2023. Shoigu visited Pyongyang in what the U.S. saw as part of Moscow's efforts to negotiate for supplies of North Korean munitions. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

Russia is turning to old ally North Korea to resupply its arsenal for the war in Ukraine

 
A soldier of Ukraine's 3rd Separate Assault Brigade gives first aid to his wounded comrade, call sign Polumya (Flame), 19, near Bakhmut, the site of fierce battles with the Russian forces in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos)

Russia says southeast Ukraine is now the main focus of fighting in the war

 
FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un shake hands during their meeting in Vladivostok, Russia, Thursday, April 25, 2019. A North Korean train presumably carrying North Korean leader Jong Un has departed for Russia for a possible meeting with Russian President Putin, South Korean media said Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. Citing unidentified South Korean government sources, the Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported that the train likely left the North Korean capital of Pyongyang on Sunday evening and that a Kim-Putin meeting is possible as early as Tuesday. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, File)

Kim Jong Un meets Vladimir Putin in Russia. What do Pyongyang and Moscow want from each other?

 
FILE - In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, second right, and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, third right, visit an arms exhibition in Pyongyang, North Korea on July 26, 2023. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un may meet with Putin in Russia this month, US official says

 
FILE - In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, left, toast at a banquet hall of the ruling Workers' Party's headquarters in Pyongyang, North Korea on July 27, 2023. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

Seoul’s spy agency says Russia has likely proposed North Korea to join three-way drills with China

 
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, speaks to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during their meeting at Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. (Sergei Guneyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin says he won’t renew the grain deal until the West meets his demands. The West says it has

 
Russian President Vladimir Putin listens during a meeting in Moscow, Aug. 23, 2023, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during a meeting of the ruling Workers' Party at its headquarters in Pyongyang, North Korea, in early 2023. The White House says it has intelligence showing Putin and Kim Jong Un have swapped letters as Russia looks to North Korea for additional munitions for its war in Ukraine. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool and Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

White House says Putin and Kim Jong Un traded letters as Russia looks for munitions from North Korea

 
FILE - In this handout image taken from a video released by Prigozhin Press Service on May 5, 2023, head of Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigozhin reads his statement standing in front of his troops in an unknown location. Prigozhin was aboard a plane that crashed north of Moscow on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023 killing all 10 people on board. On Sunday, Russia's Investigative Committee said forensic and genetic testing identified all 10 bodies recovered from the crash, and the identities “conform with the manifest.” (Prigozhin Press Service via AP, File)

Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin challenged the Kremlin in a brief mutiny

 
FILE - In this image taken from video released by Razgruzka_Vagnera telegram channel on Aug. 21, 2023, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company speaks to a camera at an unknown location. Prigozhin made his name as the profane and brutal mercenary boss who mounted an armed rebellion that was the most severe and shocking challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rule. (Razgruzka_Vagnera telegram channel via AP, File)

Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin challenged the Kremlin in a brief mutiny

 
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Wednesday, July 26, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House says top Russian official pitched North Korea on increasing sale of munitions to Moscow

 
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, left, and China's Vice Chairman of the standing committee of the country’s National People’s Congress Li Hongzhong, right, attend a military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the armistice that halted fighting in the 1950-53 Korean War, on Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea Thursday, July 27, 2023. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

Russian and Chinese delegates join North Korean leader Kim at a parade showing his newest missiles

 
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, with Russian delegation led by its Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu visits an arms exhibition in Pyongyang, North Korea Wednesday, July 26, 2023, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the armistice that halted fighting in the 1950-53 Korean War. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meets with Russian defense minister to discuss military cooperation

 
FILE - In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, watches a military parade to mark the 90th anniversary of North Korea's army at the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea on April 25, 2022. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

Rival Koreas mark armistice anniversary in two different ways that highlight rising tensions

 
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, foreground, prepares to offer a flower at a liberation war martyrs cemetery in Pyongyang, North Korea Tuesday, July 25, 2023, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the armistice that halted fighting in the 1950-53 Korean War. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

Chinese and Russian officials to join North Korean commemorations of Korean War armistice

 
FILE - In this handout photo taken from video released by Prigozhin Press Service, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, records his video addresses in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Saturday, June 24, 2023. Many observers argue that mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin wouldn't have been able to take over military facilities in southern Russia so easily and mount his rapid march on Moscow without collusion with some members of the military brass. (Prigozhin Press Service via AP, File)

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