North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will visit Russia, both countries said Monday, and he is expected to hold a highly anticipated meeting with President Vladimir Putin that has sparked Western concerns about a potential arms deal for Moscow바카라 게임 웹사이트�s war in Ukraine.A brief statement on the Kremlin바카라 게임 웹사이트�s website said the visit is at Putin's invitation and would take place 바카라 게임 웹사이트�in the coming days.바카라 게임 웹사이트� It also was reported by North Korea바카라 게임 웹사이트�s official Korean Central 온라인 바카라 게임 Agency, which said the leaders would meet 바카라 게임 웹사이트� without specifying when and where.바카라 게임 웹사이트�The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un will meet and have a talk with Comrade Putin during the visit,바카라 게임 웹사이트� it said.Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Putin and Kim will lead their delegations in talks and could also meet 바카라 게임 웹사이트�one-on-one if necessary.바카라 게임 웹사이트�A possible venue is the eastern Russian city of Vladivostok, where Putin arrived Monday to attend an international forum that runs through Wednesday, according to Russia바카라 게임 웹사이트�s TASS news agency. The city, located about 425 miles north of Pyongyang, was also the site of Putin바카라 게임 웹사이트�s first meeting with Kim in 2019.The visit would be Kim바카라 게임 웹사이트�s first foreign trip since the COVID-19 pandemic, which had forced North Korea to enforce tight border controls for more than three years to shield its poor health care system. While Kim has shown to be more comfortable using planes than his famously flight-adverse father, he has also used his personal train for previous meetings with Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and former U.S. President Donald Trump, reviving a symbol of his family's dynastic rule.Associated Press journalists near the North Korea-Russia frontier saw a green train with yellow trim 바카라 게임 웹사이트� similar to one used by the reclusive Kim during previous foreign trips 바카라 게임 웹사이트� at a station on the North Korean side of a border river.Video below: Kremlin denies involvement in Wagner plane crashIt was unclear whether Kim was on the train, which was seen moving back and forth between the station and the approach to the bridge that connects the countries. It had not crossed the bridge as of 7 p.m.Citing unidentified South Korean government sources, the Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported the train likely left the North Korean capital of Pyongyang on Sunday evening and that a Kim-Putin meeting is possible as early as Tuesday.The Yonhap news agency and some other media published similar reports. Japan바카라 게임 웹사이트�s Kyodo news agency cited Russian officials as saying Kim was possibly heading for Russia in his personal train.South Korea바카라 게임 웹사이트�s Presidential Office, Defense Ministry and National Intelligence Service didn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t immediately confirm those details.U.S. officials released intelligence last week that North Korea and Russia were arranging a meeting between their leaders that would take place within this month as they expand their cooperation in the face of deepening confrontations with the United States.According to U.S. officials, Putin could focus on securing more supplies of North Korean artillery and other ammunition to refill declining reserves as he seeks to defuse a Ukrainian counteroffensive and show that he바카라 게임 웹사이트�s capable of grinding out a long war of attrition. That could potentially put more pressure on the U.S. and its partners to pursue negotiations as concerns over a protracted conflict grow despite their huge shipments of advanced weaponry to Ukraine in the past 17 months.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Arms discussions between Russia and the DPRK are expected to continue during Kim Jong Un바카라 게임 웹사이트�s trip to Russia,바카라 게임 웹사이트� said White House National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson, using the abbreviation for North Korea's official name of the Democratic People바카라 게임 웹사이트�s Republic of Korea. "We urge the DPRK to abide by the public commitments that Pyongyang has made to not provide or sell arms to Russia.바카라 게임 웹사이트�North Korea has possibly tens of millions of artillery shells and rockets based on Soviet designs that could potentially give a huge boost to the Russian army, analysts say.In exchange, Kim could seek badly needed energy and food aid and advanced weapons technologies, including those related to intercontinental ballistic missiles, nuclear-capable ballistic missile submarines and military reconnaissance satellites, analysts say.There are concerns that potential Russian technology transfers would increase the threat posed by Kim바카라 게임 웹사이트�s growing arsenal of nuclear weapons and missiles that are designed to target the U.S., South Korea, and Japan.After a complicated, hot-and-cold relationship for decades, Russia and North Korea have been drawing closer since Moscow바카라 게임 웹사이트�s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The bond has been driven by Putin바카라 게임 웹사이트�s need for war help and Kim바카라 게임 웹사이트�s efforts to boost the visibility of his partnerships with traditional allies Moscow and Beijing as he tries to break out of diplomatic isolation and have North Korea be part of a united front against Washington.While using the distraction caused by the Ukraine conflict to ramp up its weapons development, North Korea has repeatedly blamed Washington for the crisis in Ukraine, claiming the West바카라 게임 웹사이트�s 바카라 게임 웹사이트�hegemonic policy바카라 게임 웹사이트� justified a Russian offensive in Ukraine to protect itself.North Korea is the only nation besides Russia and Syria to recognize the independence of two Russian-backed separatist regions in eastern Ukraine 바카라 게임 웹사이트� Donetsk and Luhansk -바카라 게임 웹사이트� and it has also hinted at an interest in sending construction workers to those areas to help with rebuilding efforts.Russia 바카라 게임 웹사이트� along with China 바카라 게임 웹사이트� have blocked U.S.-led efforts at the U.N. Security Council to strengthen sanctions on North Korea over its intensifying missile tests while accusing Washington of worsening tensions with Pyongyang by expanding military exercises with South Korea and Japan.The United States has been accusing North Korea since last year of providing Russia with arms, including artillery shells sold to the Russian mercenary group Wagner. Both Russian and North Korean officials denied such claims. But speculation about the countries바카라 게임 웹사이트� military cooperation grew after Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu made a rare visit to North Korea in July, when Kim invited him to an arms exhibition and a massive military parade in the capital where he showcased ICBMs designed to target the U.S. mainland.Following that visit, Kim toured North Korea바카라 게임 웹사이트�s weapons factories, including a facility producing artillery systems where he urged workers to speed up the development and large-scale production of new kinds of ammunition. Experts say Kim바카라 게임 웹사이트�s visits to the factories likely had a dual goal of encouraging the modernization of North Korean weaponry and examining artillery and other supplies that could possibly be exported to Russia.Jon Finer, U.S. President Joe Biden바카라 게임 웹사이트�s chief deputy national security adviser, told reporters Sunday that buying weapons from North Korea 바카라 게임 웹사이트�may be the best and may be the only option바카라 게임 웹사이트� open to Moscow as it tries to keep its war effort going.바카라 게임 웹사이트�We have serious concerns about the prospect of North Korea potentially selling weapons, additional weapons, to the Russian military. It is interesting to reflect for a minute on what it says that when Russia goes around the world looking for partners that can help it, it lands on North Korea,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Finer said aboard a plane carrying Biden from India to Vietnam.Some analysts say a potential meeting between Kim and Putin would be more about symbolic gains than substantial military cooperation.Russia, which has always closely guarded its most important weapons technologies, even from key allies such as China, could be unwilling to make major technology transfers with North Korea for what is likely to be limited war supplies transported over a small rail link between the countries, they say. ___Associated Press journalists Jim Heintz in Tallinn, Estonia, Aamer Madhani in Washington and Dake Kang and Ng Han Guan in Fangchuan, China, contributed.