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

Lavrov met with Kim on Saturday on the leader’s yacht near the coastal resort of Wonsan after arriving in North Korea to a red-carpet welcome on Friday. Lavrov thanked his host for the weapons and troops already sent by Pyongyang to aid Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine,

Japan-South Korean alliances during his meeting with Kim Jong Un, highlighting the "invincible fighting brotherhood" with the country.

Kyiv has recently suffered the most intense bombing it has seen since Russia began its full-scale invasion three years ago. On Friday morning, Russia carried out another drone attack on Odessa. The damage is part of a series of sweeping combined attacks that included what Ukrainian media called a "night from hell" in Kyiv on July 4,