Kim Jong-un plans to visit Russia to discuss weapons, officials say


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Russian president Vladimir Putin wants North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to agree to supply Russia with artillery shells and anti-tank missiles. Photographs: Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool and Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service/AP Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea, plans to travel to Russia this month to meet with president Vladimir Putin to discuss the possibility of supplying Russia with more weaponry for its war in Ukraine and other military co-operation, according to American and allied officials. In a rare foray from his country, Mr Kim would travel from Pyongyang, North Korea’s capital, probably by armoured train, to...