Kim promises Putin North Korea’s full support for Russia’s ‘sacred fight’

Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un met at the Vostochny cosmodrome (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has told Russian President Vladimir Putin that his country offers its “full and unconditional support” for Russia’s “sacred fight” to defend its security interests, in an apparent reference to the war in Ukraine.

Mr Kim said Pyongyang will always stand with Moscow on the “anti-imperialist” front and also called North Korea’s relations with Russia “the first priority”.