Putin has welcomed Kim, saying he was "very glad to see" him as the two leaders meet for suspected arms talks.
The two leaders will inspect the cosmodrome and then sit down for talks, Russian state media reported.fired two ballistic missiles toward the sea, extending a highly provocative run in North Korean weapons testing since the start of 2022, as Kim used the distraction caused by Putin's war on Ukraine to accelerate his weapons development.
Kim's personal train stopped in Khasan, a station on the Russia-North Korea border, early Tuesday where it was met by a military honor guard and a brass band. The South Korean news agency Yonhap later published a photo it said showed the train in Ussuriysk, a city about 60 kilometres north of Vladivostok that has a sizable ethnic Korean population.
Citing unidentified Russian officials, Japan's Kyodo news agency reported that Kim was expected to visit a plant in that city that produces Sukhoi fighter jets after his meeting with Putin.Kim's delegation includes Foreign Minister Choe Sun Hui and his top military officials, including Korean People's Army Marshals Ri Pyong Chol and Pak Jong Chon and Defense Minister Kang Sun Nam.
Experts say North Korea would struggle to acquire such capabilities without external help, although it's not clear if Russia would share such sensitive technology.South Korea's military says North Korea has fired at least one ballistic missile toward its eastern seas just hours ahead of Kim Jong Un's meeting with Vladimir Putin.
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