Kim, 'full support for Moscow in its war on Ukraine'

North Korean leader meets Russian Defense Minister Belousov

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un expressed full support for Moscow’s war against Ukraine and condemned the US and the West for allowing Kiev to use long-range missiles in attacks against Russia, calling the move a “direct” military intervention. Meeting Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov in Pyongyang on Friday, Kim, amid deepening bilateral military cooperation, called it “Russia’s exercise of the right of self-defense” to “take resolute actions to make forces pay the price” hostile”, in the report of the state agency Kcna.