Kim Jong Un discussed ongoing cooperation with Moscow in talks with President Vladimir Putin’s top security aide Sergei Shoigu, North Korea’s state media said Wednesday, after reports that Pyongyang plans to send more military personnel to support Russia.

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met Russia’s top presidential security adviser Sergei Shoigu in Pyongyang on Tuesday and discussed a “special military operation” in the Kursk region bordering Ukraine,

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday met with Sergei Shoigu, secretary of Russia's Security Council, in Pyongyang, state media KCNA reported on Wednesday, confirming earlier reports of the meeting by Russian media.