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Putin's summit with Kim lays bare his isolation as West watches for arms deal
Evening Standard
|September 13, 2023
VLADIMIR PUTIN'S increasing isolation on the world stage and struggle to feed his war machine were laid bare today as he met North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
He held talks with the leader of the pariah state at a cosmodrome in Russia's Far East.
Kim, who runs the world's most secretive regime in North Korea with brutal repression, heaped praise on Putin, whose war in Ukraine has killed tens of thousands of Russian and Ukrainian soldiers, and thousands of civilians.
The summit is being watched closely by Washington, London and other allies, who suspect the two leaders could agree to trade arms and defence technology.
US and South Korean officials have expressed concern that Kim will provide weapons and ammunition to Russia, which has expended vast stocks since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine was launched in February last year.
In return, North Korea would get help for its ailing programme to put up spy satellites. Moscow and Pyongyang have remained tight-lipped over such a deal.
This story is from the September 13, 2023 edition of Evening Standard.
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