Russia-Ukraine war live: Putin praises North Korea’s

Visit is Russian president’s first to North Korea in 24 years as he seeks continued military support from Kim Jong-un

Report: Vladimir Putin to visit North Korea as he seeks further military support

Nato’s outgoing secretary general has called for China to face consequences if it keeps up support to Russia as he trumpeted a sharp increase in allies’ defence spending since the invasion of Ukraine.

Jens Stoltenberg said that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit this week to North Korea, which has supplied shells to Moscow despite being under UN sanctions, further showed how Moscow was “dependent” on authoritarian leaders.

We will develop alternative mechanisms of trade and mutual settlements that are not controlled by the west, and jointly resist illegitimate unilateral restrictions.

And at the same time – we will build an architecture of equal and indivisible security in Eurasia.