North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed his country will “invariably support” Russia’s war in Ukraine, the North’s state media reported Saturday.

Trump has spoken fondly of the "beautiful letters" Kim wrote to him after their first meeting and, during this year's campaign, said he could rein in the North Korean leader's behavior; the president-elect says Kim "misses" him. Newsweek has reached out to Trump's team and the North Korean embassy in Beijing for comment.

North Korean media say leader Kim Jong Un has conveyed to Russia's visiting defense minister the willingness to enhance ties with Moscow in military and other areas.

South Korea's defense chief Shin Won-sik said the North's latest attempt to launch a spy satellite is in the "final stages"

Carlson, a close ally of President-elect Donald Trump, has long pushed his distinctly pro-Russian views. He’s downplayed the country’s conflict with Ukraine and promoted a Russian-based conspiracy theory that the U.S. was plotting to supply Ukraine with bioweapons.