The Russian president met his North Korean counterpart this week to discuss new military cooperation deals.
Department spokesman Matthew Miller told journalists at a Wednesday briefing that the Russian dictator was"begging" for military support from Pyongyang in meetings between the two leaders in the eastern port city of Vladivostok.had been expected to propose new weapons deals with Kim and his entourage, with artillery platforms, ammunition, and spare parts thought to be at the top of the Kremlin's shopping list.
"A year and a half ago, Vladimir Putin launched this war thinking he was going to restore the glory of the Russian empire; failed in all of his maximalist, imperialist aims, and now, after losing tens of thousands of Russian soldiers and spending billions and billions of dollars, here he is begging Kim Jong Un for help," Miller said.
Pushed on why he characterized the Putin-Kim summit as"begging," Miller responded:"I don't think that, at the beginning of this war, Vladimir Putin would have anticipated that a year and a half in he would have to be scrounging around[...]including with international pariahs like Kim Jong Un, asking for assistance."Miller added that touted Russian assistance to North Korea may"violate [United Nations] Security Council resolutions that Russia itself voted for.
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