North Korea and Russia open first road bridge linking the two countries - BBC News

Relations between the neighbours have strengthened since the start of the Ukraine war.

Image source, ReutersImage caption, The road spans the Tumen river connecting the border cities of Rason and Khasan.

The first road bridge linking Russia and North Korea has opened, allowing the two countries to more easily move cargo and passengers between their border across the Tumen river.

Pyongyang state media said the bridge will be used for "personnel exchanges, tourism and trade".

But Ukrainian investigative organisation Truth Hounds said the bridge is intended "primarily to establish a covert military logistics corridor" to support Russia in the Ukraine war.

It comes amid stronger ties between the countries since the start of the Ukraine war, with Russia's Putin and North Korea's Kim Jong Un previously pledging that they would help each other in the event of "aggression" against either country.