PRESIDENT Putin has gifted zoo animals to North Korea in a weird transfer to thank the nation for the 1000’s of troops deployed to assist battle Ukraine.
The Russian despot gave the animals to pal Kim Jong-Un – in thanks for the 11,000 North Korean troops being fed into Russia’s “meat grinder” in Ukraine.
Greater than 70 animals, together with an African lion and two brown bears, had been delivered to a zoo within the North Korean capital Pyongyang from Moscow’s zoo.
The animals had been mentioned to be “a present from Putin to the Korean individuals.”
Alexander Kozlov, Russia’s pure sources minister, oversaw the relocation of the animals.
They had been transported by aircraft to the Pyongyang Central Zoo accompanied by veterinarians from the Moscow Zoo.
Photos printed by the Russian authorities confirmed a white cockatoo travelling in a crate and Kozlov receiving a tour of the Korean zoo from native officers.
In April, Russia gifted a lot of birds together with eagles and parrots to the North Korean zoo, simply earlier than to 2 nations signed a mutual defence treaty in June.
Putin was the recipient of a present for the signing of the treaty which was his first go to to Pyongyang since July 2000.
Kim introduced a pair of Pungsan searching canines as a present for the chief of Russia.
Putin had beforehand gifted him a £350,000 limousine as a thank-you for offering weapons from North Korea to assist in the battle.
The pair of ruthless dictators have been forging a detailed relationship in what has been known as an “axis of evil” in opposition to the West.
Final month, Kim Jong-Un stepped up his help of Russia by deploying 10,000 troops to the Ukrainian border after Russia suffered 600,000 casualties.
Putin educated up the troops earlier than sending them to the Kursk area which noticed NATO condemn the transfer as “a major escalation.”
On November 7, President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed that 11,000 North Korean troopers had been preventing within the area.
He confirmed: “A few of these troops have already taken half in hostilities in opposition to the Ukrainian army.
“Sure, there are already losses, it is a reality.”
The Solar reported that in only a matter of days, Ukrainian forces worn out 40 “elite” North Korean troops in Kursk.
A North Korean survivor who hid below headless our bodies through the massacre that happened close to the village of Lyubimovka has slammed Russia for “betraying” them.
He claimed they had been “despatched on an assault within the Kursk area [and] the Russians didn’t present us with something.”
“They threw us into an assault with out prior intelligence, with out ammunition, with out regular weapons,” he added.
Regardless of warnings that North Korean troopers might be used as “human shields” in Ukraine, Kim Jong-un might be readying 100,000 troops for Russia, it was reported on Monday.
It’s understood that the troops might be deployed in levels and rotated out as an alternative of being despatched into the massacre in a single transfer.
A North Korean defector beforehand advised The Solar that total models of Kim’s troops might desert the minute they attain the frontline.
However, Putin is alleged to be prepared to debate Donald Trump’s Ukraine peace deal, although the Russian chief has an extended checklist of calls for that can closely influence Kyiv.
The Kremlin might comply with freeze battle alongside frontlines – however will refuse to give up any vital territory, 5 present and former Russian officers advised Reuters.
Nevertheless, President Joe Biden’s newest transfer to permit Ukraine to fireside American missiles at Russia inside its personal territory has sparked fears of an escalation somewhat than peace.
Ukraine fired at the least six US missiles deep into Russia on Tuesday and in return embassies in Kyiv had been evacuated on Wednesday as fears elevated of an enormous revenge strike from Putin.
Tyrant Putin’s animal tender spot
TYRANT Vladimir Putin has a softer facet together with his affection for animals – from canines to leapards.
The warmonger has acquired a sequence of furry items from world leaders – and Kim is simply the most recent to offer Putin a canine.
In 2017, Turkmenistan’s President gifted Putin a Central Asian Shepherd pet as a birthday current.
Putin is an avid canine lover and has proven a softer facet by kissing his pets.
The tyrant has beforehand acquired a Bulgarian shepherd named Buffy from Bulgaria’s premier in 2010 and an Akita named Yume from a Japanese official in 2012.
Putin’s black labrador Konnie, who was well-known for terrifying former German Chancellor Angela Merkel, died just a few years in the past.
He had acquired Konnie as a present from a Russian official in 1999.
The Russian despot has additionally been given horses and even a tiger.