THE MESSENGER
An armored train carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is headed to Russia for a high-stakes summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Both Moscow and Pyongyang confirmed Monday that Kim will visit Russia. in a highly anticipated meeting with Putin that could end in a critical arms deal to fuel Moscow’s war in Ukraine.
A brief statement on the Kremlin website said Kim was traveling to Vladivostok at Putin’s invitation. North Korea’s official KCNA news agency also confirmed the visit.
The summit will involve “negotiations between delegations and, if necessary, a one-on-one meeting,” between the leaders, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday.
Associated Press journalists near the North Korean-Russia border spotted a green train with yellow trim — similar to the train used by Kim Jong Un during his previous foreign trips — on a station at the North Korean side of a border river…
