In March, Russia used its veto power on the U.N. Security Council to end monitoring of North Korea’s efforts to evade sanctions on its nuclear program. The termination of monitors, Mr. Spleeters said, was a major reason the country has been able to continue building and transferring ordnance to Russia.

Pyongyang wants to "expand cooperation and collaboration" with Moscow, Kim Jong Un told Russian security chief Sergei Shoigu. DW has more.North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and the head of Russia's Security Council,

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Russia is likely to start hammering Ukraine with Iranian-provided ballistic missiles "within weeks."