Ukraine live briefing: Kim Jong Un to meet with Putin in Russia, U.S. official says; Kremlin to stay

[justaprogressive]

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Source: Washington Post

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un plans to visit Russian President Vladimir Putin this month to discuss North Korea possibly providing Moscow with munitions in the Ukraine war, according to a U.S. official. Russia’s military is trying to bolster its weapon supplies amid the Ukrainian counteroffensive.After meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday, Putin declined to rejoin the Black Sea Grain Initiative that Moscow abandoned in July, deepening a problem for global food security. Following the negotiations, Erdogan said Ukraine needed to compromise with Russia on the deal, Turkey’s state-owned Anadolu Agency reported.

Here’s the latest on the war and its ripple effects across the globe.
Key developments

Putin and Kim probably will meet in Vladivostok, a port city in eastern Russia not far from North Korea. The senior U.S. official who confirmed the meeting to The Washington Post spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the issue’s sensitivity. The White House said last week that it had intelligence showing Putin and Kim had swapped letters.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/09/04/russia-ukraine-war-news/

[Lulu KC]

1. Ugh

I feel squeamish.

[montanacowboy]

2. Time NOW to give Ukraine

all the hardware they need to finish off this bastard

[getagrip_already]

3. Pootie wants artillery shells, but Kim won't give them up

Cuz he knows he will never be able to replace them. Putler doesn't just want thousands, he want hundreds of thousands if not millions of shells.

His forces are starved for shells and ruzzia can't produce them in the numbers he needs.

So sad. Too bad.

[mitch96]

4. What a great time for a ruzzian dissident to take out both of these devils...nt

[Alexander Of Assyria]

5. Bordering nations sometimes meet to talk over stuff.

American leader, from far away, met same guy once, exchanged love letters.

This is nada compared to that in the eyes of the world

[Torchlight]

6. Speculating?

[cloudbase]

7. Trump is heartbroken.

His two best buds are getting together without him.

[mpcamb]

8. I'd put an ankle monitor on trump just in case

[cloudbase]

9. As long as it's you putting it on and not me.

[mpcamb]

10. Mask and gloves and an extra few cranks to make sure it's secure.

[EndlessWire]

11. LOL! Sometimes

getting out of the country isn't the problem, but getting back in is. I say, pack his bags for him, fuel up his plane, and clear him for Russia.
Bye, Donald!

[tonekat]

12. Fire up "Locomotive One"!

Kim's takin' it on the road in his armored choo-choo.

[JudyM]

13. Locking

Dupes are not permitted in LBN.

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