North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin have finished their meeting in Russia. The talks lasted between 4 - 5 hours, according to local media reports.

The two leaders met at Russia’s most important satellite launch centre, the Vostochny Cosmodrome. Kim offered Putin his country’s “full and unconditional support” for Russia’s “sacred fight” to defend its security interests and said Pyongyang will always stand with Moscow on the “anti-imperialist” front.

Talks between Vladimir Putin Kim Jong Un were “very substantive,” Russian state media reported, citing Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov: “The negotiations between Putin and Kim Jong Un were very substantive. The North Korea shows huge interest in developing bilateral ties with Russia”.

Kim Jong Un has made his strongest endorsement of Moscow"s war on Ukraine since his summit in Russia began, telling Vladimir Putin that “Russia will emerge victorious in the fight to punish the evil forces”, writes CNN.

He said before a toast at a state dinner with Putin that he is “certain that the Russian people and its military will emerge victorious in the fight to punish the evil forces that ambitiously pursues hegemony and expansion”. Kim said the “Russian military and its people will inherit the shining tradition of victory” and demonstrate their reputation on the front line of the “military operation.”

The North Korean leader added that he and Putin had an “in-depth discussion” with Putin on the “political and military landscape of Korean Peninsula and Europe”. Kim vowed to establish “a new era of 100-year friendship” between two countries.