The press service of Russian Railways reported about it. Railroad communication between the two countries was restricted back in 2020 due to the coronavirus epidemic.
The press service of the Russian Railways (RZD) reported that direct railroad service between Pyongyang, the capital of the DPRK, and Moscow has been restored since June 17. Also from June 19 it will be possible to travel by train from Pyongyang to Khabarovsk.
Russian Railways noted that trains between the countries stopped running back in February 2020, when the DPRK imposed a strict quarantine after the start of the COVID-19 epidemic. At the end of May this year, it became known that the reconstruction of the border railway station near the Tumannaya River was completed.
Kim Jong-un recently discussed with Sergei Shoigu the creation of a monument to DPRK soldiers in the Kursk region.
The Russian army received 60-millimeter mortars from the DPRK.