North Korea received anti-aircraft missiles and oil in exchange for sending troops to Russia. Kim Jong Un has deployed 10,000 troops to Russia, most of whom are stationed in the western Kursk Oblast in preparation for combat,

Vladimir Putin has gifted dozens of animals – including a lion and two bears – to a zoo in North Korea, the latest in a series of exchanges as Russia relies on Pyongyang’s artillery and troops to bolster its invasion of Ukraine.