SpaceWar.com reports: “North Korean President Kim Jong Un on Monday declared a ‘new high’ in relations between North Korea and Russia and hoped for a Russian victory over Ukraine in 2025.

Kim expressed his well wishes for the new year in a letter dated Dec. 30 to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

‘The respected comrade Kim Jong Un extended warm New Year’s greetings to comrade Putin, his dearest friend and comrade, offering best wishes to the fraternal Russian people and all the service personnel of the brave Russian army in the name of his own, the Korean people and all the service personnel of the armed forces of the [Democratic People’s Republic of Korea],’ the state-run [North] Korean Central News Agency reported on Tuesday.

Kim described 2024 as a transformational year in the relations between North Korea and Russia from one of friendly co-existence into ‘strategic and cooperative’ relationship between ‘sworn friends.’

He also expressed hope that 2025 will be the first year of Russia’s ‘war victory in the 21st century’ after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022…”