# A Russian delegation arrived in North Korea, two days after the countries’ leaders vowed to strengthen cooperation. Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un spoke by phone on Tuesday before Putin meets Donald Trump at a summit in Alaska, where the US president will seek to broker an end to the war in Ukraine. North Korea has sent thousands of troops to Russia’s Kursk region, as well as weapons to aid its war effort, with relations between Russia and the North growing closer over the past year.
Russia and North Korea strengthen cooperation on eve of Putin’s meeting with Trump