Mr. Putin is arriving in Pyongyang on Tuesday for a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. It’s the Russian leader’s first visit to North Korea in 24 years.

Mr. Putin, writing in the state-controlled North Korean press on Tuesday, boasted that Russia and North Korea will resolutely oppose what he described as Western ambitions “to hinder the establishment of a multipolar world order based on justice, mutual respect for sovereignty, considering each other’s interests.” He also said the two nations will continue expanding their trade and financial partnerships, presumably including more North Korean missiles for Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Beneath the surface, there’s another layer to the Putin-Kim visit. Washington Times Asia Editor Andrew Salmon offers a look at how Mr. Putin may be looking to North Korea for pointers on how to survive politically in the face of a hostile U.S. and international pressure. One regional analyst told Mr. Salmon that Mr. Putin is essentially “using the Kim family playbook.”

Even as they smile for the cameras, both Mr. Putin and Mr. Kim face major issues at home. Ukraine claimed responsibility Tuesday for an overnight drone attack on a Russian oil facility that started a massive blaze in the latest long-range strike by Kyiv’s forces on a border region. And South Korean troops fired warning shots to repel North Korean soldiers who briefly crossed the rivals’ heavily fortified land border Tuesday for the second time this month. Both incursions were believed to be unintentional.

With Israel’s three-man War Cabinet now dissolved, Mr. Netanyahu is facing near-unprecedented political pressure from all sides. Mr. Wolfgang examines the incoming fire directed at the prime minister, including from thousands of Israelis who are once again taking to the streets to demand new elections and a new government.

The end of Israel’s nonpartisan war council, which guided the country’s clash against Hamas, removes political cover for Mr. Netanyahu as he tries to fend off global criticism of the situation in Gaza. It also leaves him dependent for now on hawkish right-wing and religious political allies to stay in power. That may amplify his problems with the Biden administration.

The internal leadership shake-up comes at a crucial moment for Jerusalem. Despite heavy international pressure, Israel is pressing ahead with its offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. The Israeli military says it has dismantled about half of Hamas’s fighting force there.

Immigration will be a key issue in the November showdown between Mr. Biden and presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump. With that election now in sight, Mr. Biden is making major moves on immigration.

The Times’ Stephen Dinan reports on Mr. Biden’s expected announcement Tuesday. The president is set to offer new leniency for illegal immigrants, giving them a chance to adjust to legal status here in the U.S. without having to return to their home country.

The policy could apply to as many as a half-million people who are married to a U.S. citizen, though they themselves are here illegally. Under the law, they can adjust their status, but they are supposed to return home for processing, which can take years.

At the same time, Mr. Biden is looking to stem the tide of illegal immigration at the southern border, but it may be too late. The arrest of an illegal immigrant accused of killing a Maryland mother has driven home a tough political reality for the president: Even if his new policy changes seal off the border, much of the damage has already been done.

Mr. Dinan has more on the arrest of Victor Martinez-Hernandez. Authorities say he is an MS-13 member who fled El Salvador last year after being suspected in a killing there.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is in Washington this week, and The Times’ Mike Glenn was in the room Monday when Mr. Stoltenberg spoke at the Wilson Center. The big takeaway: The NATO chief said 23 of the alliance’s 32 members will spend at least 2% of their GDP on their militaries by the end of 2024, a sharp increase from 2014 when only the U.S., Great Britain and Greece hit that benchmark. The U.S. has long pushed for European NATO members to spend more on defense, largely to help the continent stand up to a potential Russian invasion.

But analysts say Europe still couldn’t fend off the Russians without America’s help. Mark Cancian, senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, joined the “Threat Status Podcast” recently and addressed the question of whether Europe could stand on its own two feet militarily.

“Could they step up? Could they, as Europeans, organize themselves to confront the Russians … with the United States providing help sort of in the background? They can’t. This was their moment, the war in Ukraine, to do that,” Mr. Cancian told Mr. Wolfgang on the latest episode of the podcast.

The U.S. will come to the aid of the Philippines in the event of a clash with China, according to key American officials. The Biden administration renewed a warning Tuesday that it is obligated to defend its close treaty ally a day after Filipino navy personnel were injured and their supply boats damaged in one of the most serious confrontations between the Philippines and China in a disputed shoal in the South China Sea. China blamed the collision on the Philippines.

But U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell discussed China’s actions with his Philippine counterpart, Maria Theresa Lazaro, in a telephone call. And they both agreed that China’s “dangerous actions threatened regional peace and stability,” State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters at a briefing Monday.

Russia’s dispatch of nuclear-armed submarines to Cuba warrants an immediate re-evaluation of the nuclear threat posed by Moscow, three leading national security analysts write for The Times. In response to Russia’s provocations in America’s own backyard, the U.S. must quickly adopt a robust homeland preparedness approach that is calibrated to the range of new threats from Russia and China. This includes low-yield nuclear weapons and other rapid, agile delivery methods, against which the U.S. now has limited defenses and no comprehensive response planning contingencies, they write.

• June 18 — Back to the Drafting Board: U.S. Capabilities for Deterring and Winning in Protracted Conflict, Center for a New American Security.

• June 18 — Tech Summit, Defense One.

• June 20 — Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy: A Conversation with HPSCI Chairman Mike Turner, Center for Strategic and International Studies.

• June 21 — AUKUS: Taking Stock and Looking Forward, Center for a New American Security.

• June 25 — 2024 Freedom and Prosperity Indexes launch, the Atlantic Council.

• June 25 — AI in the Field of Economic Development, Center for Strategic and International Studies.