 North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said Russia will prevail in its fight against what he described as imperialists, state-run television KRT reported on May 9. The remarks are seen to be aimed at Ukraine and its Western supporters, such as the United States. North Korea has forged closer ties with the Kremlin and backed Moscow after it invaded Ukraine last year, including its proclamation later of having annexed parts of Ukraine that most UN members condemned as illegal. I would like to take this opportunity to extend my warm militant greetings once again to the President, Vladimir Putin, Army and people of Russia who courageously turned out in the sacred struggle to realize international justice and defend global peace against the high-handed and arbitrary practices of the imperialists, a KRT news anchor quoted Kim as telling Russian President Vladimir Putin in a letter.