NIS reveals North Korea's military support to Russia, including troop deployments and arms exports, deepening ties between the two nations.

Russia needs North Korean troops and weapons for its war in Ukraine. Vladimir Putin sent dozens of wild animals as a thank you 'gift.'

Russian President Vladimir Putin gifted North Korea more than 70 zoo animals, including an African lion, two brown bears and two yaks, as a sign of support. “This was Vladimir Putin’s gift to the Korean people,” the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment said in a statement Wednesday.