{"id":186655,"date":"2023-09-05T19:36:08","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T19:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/?p=186655"},"modified":"2023-09-05T19:36:08","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T19:36:08","slug":"putin-slammed-as-desperate-over-scrambling-for-help-from-north-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/world-news\/putin-slammed-as-desperate-over-scrambling-for-help-from-north-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin slammed as ‘desperate’ over ‘scrambling for help’ from North Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"

Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un are set to meet in a Russia border city to shop weapons to each other \u2013 and the move has seen them both labelled as \u201cdesperate\u201d. <\/p>\n

The pair of despots have very few friends in the world, but are now leaning on each other for weapons.<\/p>\n

A meeting set to take place next month is aimed at Putin buying weapons from North Korea to help him continue his onslaught invasion of Ukraine. <\/p>\n

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The claim came from a United States official, who said that they will probably meet in the Russian Pacific port city of Vladivostok.<\/p>\n

However, the move and the two leaders have been called \u201cdesperate\u201d as a result.<\/p>\n

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Speaking to CNN's The Situation Room, former US Army General Mark Hertling took umbridge with the host's suggestion that they are \u201cWashington's biggest enemies\u201d.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cThey're also two desperate leaders of the world's most noted pariah states.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will generate a lot of attention. It's showing that Mr. Putin is scrambling for help.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fellow retired Army Major General James A \u201cSpider\u201d Marks added: \u201cRussia is in a desperate situation right now.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey share the same type of calibre weapon systems.<\/p>\n

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