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Kim Hails DPRK–Russia Alliance as ‘Sharing Blood, Life and Death’ in New Year Message to Putin

The message crowns a year when Pyongyang publicly acknowledged combat deployments and losses in Russia and Kim ordered a new push to expand missile and munitions production.