DRIVE UP TO A LOT OF THE SITE
AND PROVIDE ALL THE FOOD, THESE
ARE REMOTE AREAS.
IT IS DIFFICULT TO GET ACCESS.
>>> LET'S TURN NOW TO THE
ONGOING WAR IN UKRAINE,
VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS INVITED KIM
JONG-UN TO RUSSIA FOR A MEETING
AND THE COMING DAYS.
MULTIPLE NEWS ORGANIZATIONS ARE
REPORTING KIM HAS BOARDED A SPECIAL TRAIN BOUND FOR RUSSIA
SPECIAL TRAIN BOUND FOR RUSSIA
PRESUMABLY FOR THAT MEETING.
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS
BEEN WARNING THAT ARMS
NEGOTIATIONS HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY
ADVANCING.
CHIEF CORRESPONDENT RICHARD
ENGEL MEANS NOW.
WHAT DO WE KNOW AT THIS POINT
BUT ABOUT THIS POTENTIAL
MEETING?
IT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY THE
KREMLIN, PUTIN'S OWN SPOKESMAN
SAID THIS IS AN OFFICIAL STATE
VISIT.
SO WHEN HE EVENTUALLY ARRIVES,
THEY ARE SAYING HAS ARMORED
TRAIN WAS DEPARTING FROM JUST
ACROSS THE BORDER.
RUSSIA AND NORTH KOREA SHARE A
BORDER, IT'S NOT VERY BIG
PICKETS THE SMALLEST OF
RUSSIA'S LAND BORDERS BUT IT'S
STILL A DIRECT BORDER.
I HAVE BEEN TO THIS AREA, NORTH
KOREANS WILL OFTEN CROSS THE
BORDER THERE.
RUSSIAN COMPANIES WILL PAY
EMPLOYERS, SO THERE IS A LOT OF
TIES ALREADY.
THIS WILL BE A STATE VISIT FOR
DELEGATIONS CARRYING OUT, A
BILATERAL MEETING AND ONE WOULD
ASSUME THE THINGS THAT COME
WITH IT, INCLUDING SOME SORT OF
MILITARY PARADE.
THIS IS WHAT NORTH KOREA HAS
BEEN LOOKING FOR.
THIS INTERNATIONAL ROLE TO BE
DESIRED AND USEFUL TO A MORE
POWERFUL NORTHERN NEIGHBOR AND
ALSO RIGHT NOW, VLADIMIR PUTIN
NEED SOMETHING NORTH KOREA HAS
IN AND ABUNDANCE, WHICH IS ARTILLERY.
ARTILLERY.
THIS WAR HERE IS EXTREMELY
COSTLY IN TERMS OF ARTILLERY.
YOU SEE THE UNITED STATES,
WHICH IS STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP
WITH THE ARE CHILLY DEMANDS ON
THE UKRAINIAN SIDE IS SENDING
MUNITIONS AND THEY HAVE BEEN USING DRONES, BUYING DRONES
USING DRONES, BUYING DRONES
FROM IRAN AND IT LOOKS LIKE
THEY WILL POTENTIALLY QUITE
SOON BE RECEIVING VAST
QUANTITIES OF ARTILLERY AND
MISSILES FROM THE NORTH KOREANS
IN AN EXCHANGE, NORTH KOREANS
WOULD NOT ONLY GET FOOD AID,
BUT THEY MAY GET TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE FOR THEIR OWN
MILITARY PROGRAM, POTENTIALLY A
SUBMARINE PROGRAM, SO THEY HAVE
A LOT TO GAIN.
>> WE DON'T THINK OF NORTH
KOREA AS PROVIDING SOMEONE ELSE
AID BUT IF IT'S AN EXAMPLE OF DESPERATION BY PUTIN AND THE
DESPERATION BY PUTIN AND THE
KREMLIN?
>> I THINK IT'S MORE PRAGMATIC,
IT'S DESPERATION BECAUSE THEY
HAVE TO GO TO NORTH KOREA,
WHICH IS A ROGUE STATE BUT
VLADIMIR PUTIN CAN'T TRAVEL
ABROAD BECAUSE HE IS CONSIDERED
AN INTERNATIONAL OR CRIMINAL.
IF YOU WANT TO CALL THAT
DESPERATE, THAT IS REALLY JUST
NAME-CALLING.
WHAT WE ARE SEEING HERE IS
VLADIMIR PUTIN REACHING OUT TO
NORTH KOREA BECAUSE NORTH KOREA
HAS SOMETHING HE NEEDS RIGHT
NOW.
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE TOLD THE
STORY OF ALL THE GUNS POINTING
FROM NORTH KOREA DOWN AT THE
CITY OF SEOUL?
ALL OF THOSE GUNS ARE ARTILLERY