Exact date Putin will make snap visit to King Jong-un in warning shot to the West

North Korea has confirmed that President Vladimir Putin will visit his crony Kim Jong-un on a two-day trip this week.

The visit has been expected for months after Kim extended an invitation to the Russian tyrant during their meeting in Siberia in September last year. It will be the first time Putin has met Kim on his own turf. He did travel to the Hermit Kingdom in 2000, but met Kim's father Kim Jong-Il, who ruled at the time.

North Korean state media today confirmed that Putin will touch down in the country tomorrow and stay until Wednesday. It's currently unknown how Putin will travel to the country.

The historic allies are not as close as they were during the Soviet Union, but the West is worried as their relationship appears to be merging from mutual pleasantries to mutual benefits.

Kim inspecting a major operational base in North Korea

According to the Kremlin, there is the potential for "very deep relations" between the two countries. Russia said that the growing ties should not be of concern to the rest of the world, but did warn those thinking of preventing it to reconsider their course.

Though it's unknown what each side wants from the other, experts believe it involves the security of supplies, reports the BBC.

While Russia needs workers, ammunition, or even volunteers for the frontlines in Ukraine, Pyongyang needs produce and technological help for its military plots. This could include its long-range missile programme, which would give it the capacity to strike the US, according to Putin ally and political scientist, Sergei Markov. Already, the pariah state has shipped almost five million ammunition shells to Russia, according to a recent Bloomberg report citing South Korean officials.

Another consideration for the burgeoning relations is a genuine friendship between the two tyrants. Earlier this year, Putin even gifted Kim a luxury Russian limo, and in a recent message, Kim said North Korea is an "invincible comrade-in-arms" with Russia.

.On Wednesday, Kim sent Putin a congratulatory message commemorating Russia's National Day, according to the North's official Korean Central News Agency.

"Thanks to the significant meeting between us at the Vostochney Spaceport in September last year, (North Korea)-Russia friendly and cooperative relations developed into an unbreakable relationship of comrades-in-arms," Kim said in the message.