Foreign Governments Issue Travel Warnings for Russia Amid Security Concerns

North Korea's vice foreign minister expressed support for Russia in dealing with the recent mutiny by heavily armed Russian mercenaries from the Wagner group. The minister also expressed confidence that Russia would emerge victorious in the special military operation against Ukraine. North Korea has been offering support to Moscow since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, which it has described as a US "proxy war" to destroy Russia. As a permanent member of the UN Security Council, Russia has long held the line against increasing pressure on North Korea, which is under wide-ranging UN and Western sanctions over its nuclear weapons and missile programs.