In an unprecedented moment during Russia’s Victory Day parade, President Vladimir Putin publicly embraces North Korean generals leading thousands of troops on the frontlines in Kursk. This shocking display confirms the deepening alliance between Russia and North Korea in the war against Ukraine.

Russia and Ukraine dispute the status of the Kursk region, which Kyiv invaded last year in a surprise and successful incursion into Russian territory.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made a rare visit to Russia's embassy in Pyongyang with his daughter on Friday and reaffirmed "the invincible alliance" between the two countries, while Russia's leader greeted North Korean generals in Moscow.