Putin Talks to North Korean Military Men After Victory Day Parade

Following the Victory Day parade held on Moscow's Red Square to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Soviet victory in the Great Patriotic War, Russian President Vladimir Putin briefly met with members of the North Korean military who attended the event as spectators. During the encounter, Putin thanked them for their assistance to Russian forces, according to a broadcast of the parade. Despite their presence in the stands, the North Korean troops did not participate in the military procession itself. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was notably absent from the event. Instead, on the same day, he visited the Russian Embassy in Pyongyang, according to North Korea's state news agency KCNA.