On 30 April, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and North Korean Prime Minister Park Tae-sung remotely launched the construction of a road bridge between Russia and North Korea over the Tumannaya River in Primorsky Krai.
The bridge, which is planned to be built in a year and a half, will make it possible to open motorway communication between the two countries. Now there is only railway and air communication between Russia and North Korea.
The construction agreement was signed in June 2024 during the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to the DPRK.
The total length of the bridge crossing will be 4.7 kilometres, of which one kilometre is the length of the bridge itself, Russian news agencies reported.
Russia and the DPRK signed a comprehensive strategic partnership agreement in June 2024. This agreement became the basis for sending North Korean soldiers to Russia to take part in combat operations against the Ukrainian military.