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SEOUL - In the year since North Korea’s Kim Jong Un and Russia’s Vladimir Putin signed a landmark defense pact, their relationship has become demonstrably stronger, not least through Kim’s decision to ...

Kim paid public tribute to North Korean soldiers killed in Russia’s war against Ukraine, part of an effort to cement the two countries’ strategic defense pact.

The footage released by Ukrainian military shows a projectile tearing through the 240mm calibre multiple rocket launcher ...

An installation featuring black silhouette figures representing people of various ages and genders has been unveiled to honor military personnel, civilians, children, and those who have been illegally ...

MINSK, 16 January (BelTA) – Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko was asked about his attitude to Ukraine’s decision to remove the words “Minsk” and “Moscow” and five-pointed stars ...

A gigantic statue of a woman warrior representing Ukraine towered once again over the capital Kyiv Friday but with its Soviet hammer and sickle emblem replaced with the Ukrainian trident.

Kyiv’s gigantic Motherland monument, representing a woman warrior towering over the capital, reopened for public viewing on Friday with its Soviet hammer and sickle emblem replaced with the ...

Kyiv replaces Soviet emblem on massive Motherland monument with Ukraine trident Ukraine's Motherland monument now features a Ukrainian trident, instead of a Soviet-era hammer and sickle. PHOTO ...

Kyiv's gigantic Motherland monument representing a woman warrior towering over the capital reopened for public viewing Friday with its Soviet hammer and sickle emblem replaced with the Ukrainian ...