Moscow strengthens military coordination with its closest ally

On 4 June, the Secretary of Russia's Security Council and former Defence Minister, Sergei Shoigu, visited North Korea for the second time in three months to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

Mr Shoigu is the Kremlin's chief negotiator managing North Korea's military support for Russia's war effort against Ukraine.

British intelligence services have just announced that North Korea sent 11,000 soldiers to assist Russia in Kursk, of whom more than half did not return. Kim Jong-un had sent troops to help Putin in Kursk.
According to British intelligence, as of mid-June, North Korea's military activity remains limited to the Kursk direction. Any expansion beyond Russian borders, particularly onto internationally recognised Ukrainian territory, would require joint authorisation from Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un.

(MH with AmBar - Source: The Korea Times - Photo: © Unsplash)