Putin says Russia may deliver weapons to North Korea

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a concert at the Hanoi Opera House in Hanoi, Vietnam June 20, 2024. Sputnik/Gavriil Grigorov/Pool via REUTERS

(Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia might supply weapons to North Korea in what he suggested would be a mirror response to the Western arming of Ukraine.

Putin was speaking to reporters in Vietnam, a day after visiting nuclear-armed North Korea and signing a mutual defence agreement with its leader, Kim Jong Un.