Russian jet lands at North Korean resort city after flurry of official visits

NK News – North Korea News · May 19, 2026

A Russian military aircraft landed at North Korea’s resort town of Wonsan on Monday, aviation data and satellite imagery showed, marking Russia’s third jet reaching the DPRK’s east coast in a month. An Ilyushin Il-62M (RA-86559) under the Russian Aerospace Forces triggered a Flightradar24 alert from near Wonsan after a flight from Chkalovsky military airbase […]