Russian president transfers more than 70 animals from Moscow to Pyongyang amid strengthening ties with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un during Ukraine war
Russia has transferred more than 70 animals, including an African lion, two brown bears and 45 pheasants to a zoo in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang.
The animals transferred from Moscow Zoo, were “a gift from Vladimir Putin to the Korean people”, the government said. The delivery also included two domestic yaks, 40 mandarin ducks and five white cockatoos.