Russian President Vladimir Putin enters a hall before a meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS summit, in Kazan, Russia, on Oct. 24.President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that it was Russia’s business whether or not it decided to use North Korean troops and said that if Ukraine wanted to join NATO then Moscow could do what it wanted to ensure its own security., a Russian border area where Ukrainian forces took a chunk of Russian land in August.
Putin said that the West repeatedly said that it was up to Ukraine how it ensured its security – “with or without NATO.” Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed a comprehensive strategic partnership agreement during Putin’s visit to Pyongyang in June.