Also in today’s newsletter, German defence minister calls on arms makers to deliver, and the EU pauses trade retaliation against US

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un promised Russia’s top diplomat that his country would “unconditionally support” Russia’s war on Ukraine and preferred method of solving the

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un restated he “unconditionally” supports all Russian actions as it wages war in Ukraine, as he welcomed Moscow’s top diplomat to a newly built beach resort on his country’s east coast.