Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong Un this week, the Kremlin confirmed Monday.
South Korean media reported Monday that a North Korean train, presumably carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, had departed for Russia. The Kremlin had earlier denied a meeting would take place but then acknowledged it would do "in the coming days," without giving further details.
It's likely any meeting will take place on the sidelines of this week's Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, which is 80 miles from Russia's border with North Korea.
In other news, Ukraine was left fuming at the weekend after the Group of 20 nations, which were gathered in India for a summit, failed to explicitly condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine in their joint declaration.
Member states agreed to refrain from the use of force to acquire territories, and agreed that the use or the threat of nuclear weapons was "inadmissible" but referenced the war "in" rather than "against" Ukraine. References specifically to Russia's aggression were omitted.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who hosted G20 leaders at the summit in Delhi, hailed the meeting as "the most ambitious in the history of G20," but Ukraine, which was not present at the summit, said the G20 had "nothing to be proud of."