The visit follows Kim's tour on Friday of a factory producing advanced Russian warplanes. The agency said Kim left after the first act. Later Saturday, Kim visited a local theater to watch Pyotr Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty ballet performance, Russia's ambassador to Pyongyang, Alexander Matsegora, was quoted as saying by the Russian RIA Novosti state news agency. Kim was also seen talking to Shoigu and Yevmenov about a purported nuclear attack submarine the North unveiled last week as they stepped out of the Shaposhnikov frigate. Kim was seen peering at the Kinzhal missile, gesturing and asking questions about the warplanes' capabilities as he discussed technical details with Shoigu and other military officials through translators. Videos released by Russia's Defense Ministry showed Shoigu greeting Kim at the airport along with honor guards lined up near a red carpet. ![]() Kim's trip to Russia, which included more than four hours of talks with Putin on Wednesday, comes amid momentum in military cooperation between the countries in which North Korea could potentially seek Russian technologies to advance Kim's nuclear, missile and other military programs in exchange for providing Russia with badly needed munitions. Kim's visits to military and technology sites this week possibly hint at what he wants from Russia, perhaps in exchange for supplying munitions to refill Putin's declining reserves as his invasion of Ukraine becomes a drawn-out war of attrition.
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