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North Korea reaffirms support for Russia's war in Ukraine

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2 hours ago Stuart Lau BBC News  [7/12/25] Reuters North Korean leader Kim Jong Un welcomed Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to Wonsan, North Korea North Korean leader Kim Jong Un offered Moscow his "unconditional support" on the war in Ukraine, according to Pyongyang state media reports. In talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in North Korea, Kim said that Pyongyang stood by "all the measures taken by the Russian leadership" to tackle the "root cause of the Ukrainian crisis". Western officials believe Pyongyang has sent an estimated 11,000 troops to Russia over the last year to fight against Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.  According to North Korean state media KCNA news agency, Kim and Lavrov met on Saturday in "an atmosphere full of warm comradely trust" . The North Korean leader also expressed a "firm belief that the Russian army and people would sur...
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Trump Says NATO Countries Will Buy Weapons to Give to Ukraine

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If the plan is finalized, it would allow critical aid to flow to Ukraine as it endures one of Russia’s heaviest assaults of the war.  Ukrainian soldiers firing American-made munitions, last year. Credit... Nicole Tung for The New York Times By  Lara Jakes Andrew E. Kramer  and  Eric Schmitt Lara Jakes, Andrew E. Kramer and Eric Schmitt cover the war in Ukraine and NATO’s response to it. The New York Times , July 11, 2025; see also NATO countries have devised a novel way to provide critical American weaponry to Ukraine for its fight against Russia, and President Trump suggested for the first time that he’s likely to go along with it. Rather than having the United States continue to give its weapons to Ukraine, officials in NATO countries conceived a plan where the Trump administration could sell them to allies, which would then give them to Ukraine. Not only could that be a financial windfall for the United States, it would also shield Mr. Trump — who has expressed ...
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