North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hosted Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Pyongyang on Wednesday, signaling solidarity between two of Russia's closest allies amid escalating global tensions. Both countries have helped Russia’s war effort: Kim has supplied Russia with ammunition and troops to fight in Ukraine, while Lukashenko allowed Belarus to serve as a staging ground for Russia's 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine and later agreed to host Russian tactical nuclear missiles on its