North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said North Korea’s involvement in the Russia-Ukraine war was justified, calling it an exercise of sovereign rights in defence of a “brother nation,” state media KCNA reported on Saturday.

North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un is pushing for an increase in artillery shell production amid the country's support for Russia's conflict in Ukraine. South Korea and Japan have pointed fingers at North Korea for potentially supplying missiles to Russia after a series of rocket tests over the Sea of Japan.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stated that North Korea's involvement in the Russia-Ukraine war was justified. He referred to it as the exercise of sovereign rights to defend the fraternal nation, according to Reuters.