Kim Jong Un pledges support for 'just fight' against Ukraine | USA TODAY

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un expressed support for Russia's war against Ukraine as he met with President Vladimir Putin.

North Korea's Kim Jong Un told Russian President Vladimir Putin that his country would always stand by Moscow as it defends its security interests on the "anti-imperialist front," as the two authoritarian leaders met at a space base and adjoining rocket facility in a far-flung corner of eastern Russia on Wednesday.

Kim and Putin's face-to-face talks, at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Siberia, lasted four to five hours, according to Russian state media, which has been publishing some of their remarks addressed to reporters. The talks provide an opportunity for Russia to obtain desperately needed arms − and for Kim to appear on a global stage after years of suffocating international sanctions.