Kim Jong Un arrives at cosmodrome in Russia’s far east for meeting with Putin

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrives in Russia for a meeting with president Vladimir Putin (Press Office of the Primorsky Krai Region Administration via AP)

Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin have arrived at Vostochny cosmodrome in Russia’s far east for a meeting, Russia’s state news agency has said.

The meeting underscores how the two leaders’ interests are aligning in the face of their separate, intensifying confrontations with the United States.