The two are said to have left a reception in the Chinese capital, which was held in connection with the parade, in the same car.
At the meeting, Putin thanks Kim for contributing soldiers who are fighting for Moscow in the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine. He claims that the two countries are "fighting together against modern Nazism", writes AFP with reference to information from the Kremlin.
The dictatorship North Korea is estimated to have sent over 10,000 soldiers and a large amount of weapons to Russia in the past year, according to South Korean and Western intelligence information. About 2,000 North Korean soldiers are estimated to have been killed when they fought for Russia, according to information from South Korea's intelligence service. In Beijing, Putin praises the North Korean soldiers who, together with Russians, tried to repel a Ukrainian offensive in the Russian border region of Kursk.
During the Russian invasion war, Russia and Putin have portrayed Ukraine's democratically elected government as a "Nazi regime" that commits genocide against ethnic Russians with lies.
