A Russian official selected to control the occupied Ukrainian region of Kherson revealed that he had recently met with North Korea’s top diplomat in Moscow to discuss the country potentially buying agricultural products seized in the ongoing invasion, South Korean and Russian media revealed this weekend.
Kherson is one of four regions of Ukraine that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin decreed to be “annexed” into Russia in September 2022, alongside Donetsk and Luhansk — the long war-torn Donbas regions — and Zaporizhzhia. Putin claimed upon announcing his invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 that it was necessary, in part, because the populations of these regions were ethnically Russian and facing discrimination from Kyiv. Ukrainian authorities have refused any peace negotiation that would accept Russia’s claim of sovereignty over the territories.
North Korea has been one of Russia’s most enthusiastic supporters in invading Ukraine and is one of a small
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