BEIJING (Reuters) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged his full support to Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, promising to do “everything I can to assist” Moscow as the Russian president thanked Pyongyang for sending troops to fight against Ukraine. The meeting took place on the sidelines of celebrations in Beijing to mark the anniversary of Japan’s formal surrender in World War Two. Hours earlier, the pair flanked Chinese President Xi Jinping at a massive military parade for the first such gathering of the three countries’ leaders since the early days of the Cold War. After the parade, Kim and Putin travelled in the same car to a state guesthouse for private bilateral discussions.

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