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Fighting ‘Sacred’ War in Ukraine, North Korea and Russia Pledge to Deepen Ties
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A photograph provided by North Korean state media showed the country’s leader, Kim Jong-un, at the opening ceremony of a memorial in Pyongyang on Sunday. Defense Minister Andrei R. Belousov and Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin of Russia sit behind him.
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