# Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit North Korea this weekend, the latest in a series of high-profile visits by top Moscow officials, as the two countries deepen military ties. Pyongyang has become one of Moscow’s main allies during its more than three-year-long invasion of Ukraine, sending thousands of troops and container loads of weapons to help the Kremlin oust Ukrainian forces from Russia’s western Kursk region. Leader Kim Jong Un has subsequently been shown in state media images honouring the flag-draped coffins of North Korean soldiers killed helping Russia fight Ukraine.
Russian Foreign minister to visit North Korea as military ties deepen