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Kim set for arms talks with Putin – US

(UPDATE) WASHINGTON, D.C.: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un expects to make a rare trip abroad to meet with President Vladimir Putin in Russia to discuss providing arms to Moscow for its war on Ukraine, the United States said on Monday.

Ukraine is pushing a highly scrutinized counteroffensive in both the south and east that Putin on Monday dismissed as a failure, though Moscow appears eager to urgently secure more military supplies to bolster its forces.