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Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un discussed the deepening military partnership between Moscow and Pyongyang during talks on Wednesday in Beijing.

Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un, as they conspire against the United States of America, Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.

Following a military parade in central Beijing, where Chinese President Xi Jinping presided over celebrations in Tiananmen Square to mark the 80th anniversary of the Japanese surrender and the end of World War II, the meeting was held at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse.

Difficulty number of world leaders, despite almost none from the West, were drawn to the event, which in part conveyed a message to the audience.

After a formal reception, the Kremlin claimed on social media that Putin and Kim travelled to the meeting in the same vehicle. Kim’s daughter Kim Ju Ae was present, according to images from North Korean state media.

Kim made his first public appearance alongside both Putin and Xi, which was a sign of unity during the parade in China.

Putin praised the bravery and heroism of North Korean soldiers, who he claimed fought alongside Russian forces in a Ukrainian incursion into Kursk, Russia’s border region.

Since Moscow and Pyongyang signed a strategic partnership pact in June 2024, Kim asserted, in turn, that cooperation has “significantly increased.”

If there is anything I can do to help you and the Russian people, I will act as if there is something more that is needed, a fraternal duty, a duty that we must bear, and I will be ready to do anything to help, Kim said.

According to South Korean officials, North Korea has sent about 15, 000 soldiers to Russia since last year in order to bolster Moscow’s war effort in Ukraine, along with significant military supplies, including artillery and KN-23 ballistic missiles.

According to analysts, Pyongyang is receiving cutting-edge Russian military equipment in return, including satellite guidance systems that could expand its missile arsenal.

For the first time in 24 years, Putin and Kim signed a treaty establishing a “Comprehensive Strategic Partnership” that revived diplomatic ties between the two sanctioned states in July 2024. Kim has previously had three meetings with Vladimir Putin.

North Korea only acknowledged that its soldiers had been killed in combat and that it had only confirmed that it had sent troops to support Russia’s war in Ukraine in April.

Kim met with the families of the soldiers killed last week in Ukraine, offering condolences for their “unforgiveable pain” and promising the bereaved “a beautiful life,” according to state media.

Kim hosted the families of the fallen soldiers, according to a report from the state-run Korean Central News Agency on Saturday, and he expressed “grief at having failed to save the precious lives of those who gave their lives to defend the country’s honor.

The North Korean leader expressed sympathy for the children who lost their fathers in his “heart breaks and aches.”

On Tuesday morning, Israeli drones were reportedly dropped close to peacekeepers removing roadblocks that were preventing them from reaching a UN position near the southern Lebanese border with Israel (UNIFIL).

Since the cessation of the hostilities agreement in November last year, this is one of the most serious attacks on UNIFIL personnel and assets, according to a statement released on Wednesday.

One grenade struck UN personnel and vehicles within 20 meters and three within 100 meters.

Israel has been violating the ceasefire that it signed in November of this year with Hezbollah, carrying out near-daily attacks on Lebanon, claiming to target Hezbollah members and sites, as well as killing numerous civilians, displaced communities, and destroyed infrastructure and residential structures.

According to UNIFIL, the Israeli army was informed of the location’s southeastern road clearance work.

According to UNIFIL, any actions that put an end to the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah and interfere with their legitimate duties are unacceptable and a serious violation of Resolution 1701 and international law.

UNIFIL patrols Israel’s southern border with Lebanon since it was established in 1978.

The UN Security Council approved a year-long, orderly and secure drawdown and withdrawal of Lebanon last week until the end of 2026.

Israel and the United States have heavily pushed for UNIFIL’s closure, despite the fact that UNIFIL has not fulfilled its stated purpose. They claim that the organization has provided political cover for Hezbollah since the 2006 war.

In addition to its invasion of south Lebanon in October, Israel is still occupying at least five locations on Lebanese territory. Israeli troops should leave south of Lebanon, according to the November ceasefire agreement, but that has not yet been done.

Naim Qassem, the group’s secretary-general, has criticized growing pressure to disarm the organization and warned that achieving Lebanon’s sovereignty could only be achieved by putting an end to Israel’s “aggression.”

Before talks on a national defense strategy can begin, Qassem claimed last month that the Lebanese government must first ensure that Israel adheres to the ceasefire agreement from November 2024.

The Hezbollah leader said that the resistance would continue to serve as a “strong barrier” that would prevent Israel from achieving its objectives and that it would be impossible for Israel to remain in Lebanon or carry out its expansionist project there.

World leaders, including Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un of North Korea, watched China display its most recent military equipment in a massive parade in Beijing.

The capital’s Tiananmen Square, the entrance to the historically Forbidden City and the heart of President Xi Jinping’s show of force to the world, was a gathering place from dawn on Wednesday.

With their parade invitations posed with eager faces in front of Tiananmen, a backdrop adorned with Chinese national flags and thousands of red and green seats set up for the occasion.

The square’s giant, golden numerals “1945” and “2025” serve as reminders of the 80 years since Japan’s surrender and World War II ended.

As soldiers marched in the square, military bands blared their trumpets in concert.

Kim and Putin were pictured greeting Xi and the other foreign leaders as they crossed paths for a group photo in a rarely seen moment.

As Xi passed troops waiting for attention along Chang’an Avenue while wearing a dark gray Mao suit, he waited in an open-topped black limousine.

“Comrades, you are working hard,” yelled the soldiers! Before joining his guests in a grandstand above the famed Mao Zedong portrait on Tiananmen, including Putin and Kim, he repeatedly yelled into four microphones.

The ceremony took place in mid-to-mid-90s Fahrenheit, which was challenging for many spectators who had to sweat profusely outside the unshaded stands. Some staff members helped those who felt unwell to leave.