Kim and Putin
Alternative crop of image #1139190796) Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) greets North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un during their meeting on April 25, 2019 in Vladivostok, Russia.
  • North Korea's Kim Jong Un and Russia's Vladimir Putin are meeting in Vladivostok. 
  • Putin will likely be seeking a weapons deal from the summit amid ammo shortages in Ukraine. 
  • But Kim will be in a position to extract important concessions.

The last time North Korean leader Kim Jong Un took his bullet-proof train to visit Russian President Vladimir Putin in Vladivostok, the dynamic between the leaders was very different.