Russia Partnership in Ukraine: In exchange for sending tens of thousands of troops and vast amounts of artillery shells to aid Russia's war in Ukraine, North Korea is likely demanding and receiving critical Russian military technology.

Ukraine’s security agency says it has tracked down and killed Russian agents who assassinated a Ukrainian intelligence officer during the week.The SBU said in a statement said the Russian agents were killed after resisting arrest.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will travel to North Korea later this week, according to the country’s official news agency KCNA. “Lavrov will pay a visit to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) between July 11 and 13,