DPRK leader Kim Jong Un returned home Tuesday after his weeklong trip to Russia, where President Vladimir Putin offered to help him build and launch satellites, high-level officials accompanied him to a factory making advanced fighter jets and a regional official reportedly gifted him drones.

Kim’s trip drew attention to potential U.N. Security Council (UNSC) sanctions violations stemming from Russia-DPRK cooperation. 

But the leader’s past week was also notable because of where he chose to make his first trip abroad in more than three years — Russia and not China. Kim reportedly even