Putin gave Kim Jong Un a luxury Russian car, deepening their war bromance and ignoring sanctions to do it

• Putin gifted Kim Jong Un a luxury Russian car, defying UN sanctions.
• The gift strengthens the bond between the Russian and North Korean leaders.
• It likely violates the UN's ban on transporting luxury goods to North Korea.

Russian President Vladimir Putin gifted North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un a luxury Russian car, openly defying UN sanctions and strengthening the two leaders' close bond.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told Russia's RIA state news agency that the car — an Aurus Senat limousine — previously belonged to Putin himself, Reuters reported.