Russian state TV aired footage of half-dressed North Korean soldiers practicing martial arts and glorifying suicide over capture in a segment on Sunday, praising the DPRK as the “only country” that has come to Russia’s aid.

The segment ran during a two-hour show that largely focused on U.S.-Israeli strikes against Iran, with an expert telling NK News that the goal appeared to be to reassure Pyongyang that Moscow will not abandon its ally, despite not coming to Tehran’s defense.

During the show, Russia 1host Vladimir Kiselev pivoted from talking about the Iran war to North Korea’s Ninth Party Congress