The treaty strengthens ties between Moscow and Pyongyang since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Reports from South Korea and Western countries indicate that North Korea has supplied weapons to Russia. Ukrainian forensic experts say they have found traces of these weapons at Russian attack sites.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that North Korea had sent 11,000 troops to Russia and that some of them had suffered losses in battles with kyiv’s forces in southern Russia’s Kursk region. .

Russia has not confirmed the presence of North Korean troops.