Putin gifts ZOO animals to North Korea including lion & two bears…in return for 11,000 cannon-fodder troops

PRESIDENT Putin has talented zoo animals to North Korea successful a bizarre determination to convey the federation for the thousands of troops deployed to assistance combat Ukraine.

The Russian despot gave the animals to pal Kim Jong-Un - arsenic a convey for the 11,000 North Korean troops being fed into Russia’s "meat grinder" successful Ukraine.

More than 70 animals, including an African lion and 2 brownish bears, were delivered to a zoo successful the North Korean superior Pyongyang from Moscow's zoo.

The animals were said to beryllium "a acquisition from Putin to the Korean people."

Alexander Kozlov, Russia's earthy resources minister, oversaw the relocation of the animals.

They were transported by level to the Pyongyang Central Zoo accompanied by veterinarians from the Moscow Zoo.

Pictures published by the Russian authorities showed a achromatic cockatoo travelling successful a crate and Kozlov receiving a circuit of the Korean zoo from section officials.

In April, Russia talented a fig of birds including eagles and parrots to the North Korean zoo, conscionable earlier to 2 nations signed a communal defence pact successful June.

Putin was the recipient of a acquisition for the signing of the pact which was his archetypal sojourn to Pyongyang since July 2000.

Kim brought a brace of Pungsan hunting dogs arsenic a gift for the person of Russia.

Putin had antecedently talented him a £350,000 limousine arsenic a thank-you for providing weapons from North Korea to assistance successful the war.

The brace of ruthless dictators person been forging a adjacent relationship successful what has been called an "axis of evil" against the West.

Last month, Kim Jong-Un stepped up his enactment of Russia by deploying 10,000 troops to the Ukrainian borderline aft Russia suffered 600,000 casualties.

Putin trained up the troops earlier sending them to the Kursk portion which saw NATO condemn the determination arsenic "a important escalation."

On November 7, President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed that 11,000 North Korean soldiers were warring successful the region.

He confirmed: "Some of these troops person already taken portion successful hostilities against the Ukrainian military.

"Yes, determination are already losses, this is simply a fact."

The Sun reported that successful conscionable a substance of days, Ukrainian forces wiped retired 40 "elite" North Korean troops successful Kursk.

A North Korean subsister who hid nether headless bodies during the bloodbath that took spot adjacent the colony of Lyubimovka has slammed Russia for "betraying" them.

He claimed they were "sent connected an battle successful the Kursk portion [and] the Russians did not supply america with anything."

"They threw america into an battle without anterior intelligence, without ammunition, without mean weapons," helium added.

Despite warnings that North Korean soldiers could beryllium utilized arsenic "human shields" successful Ukraine, Kim Jong-un could beryllium readying 100,000 troops for Russia, it was reported connected Monday.

It is understood that the troops could beryllium deployed successful stages and rotated retired alternatively of being sent into the bloodbath successful a azygous move.

A North Korean defector antecedently told The Sun that full units of Kim's troops could desert the infinitesimal they scope the frontline.

But, Putin is said to beryllium ready to sermon Donald Trump's Ukraine bid deal, though the Russian person has a agelong database of demands that volition heavy interaction Kyiv.

The Kremlin could hold to frost struggle on frontlines - but volition garbage to surrender immoderate important territory, 5 existent and erstwhile Russian officials told Reuters.

However, President Joe Biden's latest determination to let Ukraine to occurrence American missiles astatine Russia wrong its ain territory has sparked fears of an escalation alternatively than peace.

Ukraine fired astatine slightest six US missiles heavy into Russia connected Tuesday and successful instrumentality embassies successful Kyiv were evacuated connected Wednesday arsenic fears accrued of a monolithic revenge onslaught from Putin.