North Korea Fires Two More Short Range Missiles Into the East Sea

Does anyone think these missile provocations from North Korea are just a coincidence that they occurred after Kim Jong-un’s summit with Vladimir Putin?:

North Korea has conducted long-range strike drills, state media reported Friday, a day after the communist state launched what were presumed to be two short-range missiles into the East Sea.
“At the command post, Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un learned about a plan of the strike drill of various long-range strike means and gave an order of start of the drill,” the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said in English.
“The successful drill of deployment and strike designed to inspect the ability of rapid reaction of the defense units… showed the might of the units which were fully prepared to proficiently carry out any operation and combat,” it added.
He also set forth “important tasks for further increasing the strike ability of the defense units,” the KCNA said. It said the drills were conducted at “defence units of the Korean People’s Army (KPA) in the forefront area and on the western front.”
The KCNA did not elaborate on the “long-range strike means.” But South Korea’s military said the North is believed to have launched two short-range missiles from its northwestern region into the East Sea, which flew 420 kilometers and 270 km, respectively.

Yonhap

You can read more at the link, but clearly the North Koreans are messaging that they are unhappy about not getting a “pretend denuclearization” deal agreed upon.

However, I would not be surprised if Putin is encouraging this as well. The US has put tremendous pressure on the Maduro administration in Venezuela and I would not be surprised if Putin is using North Korean provocations to distract US efforts there.