North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed that his country’s alliance with Russia will „advance non-stop,“ and is now „rising to its historic peak,“ state-run media said Friday.
24 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed that his country’s alliance with Russia would „advance non-stop“ and had reached a „historic peak“, as Pyongyang marked the first anniversary of its troops‘ deployment to the Ukraine war, state-run media reported Friday.
Kim made the remarks Thursday at a groundbreaking ceremony in Pyongyang for a new memorial museum honoring North Korean soldiers who fought alongside Russian forces, the official Korean Central News Agency reported.
„Just one year ago from today the last group of the combatants of our expeditionary forces left for Russia“, Kim said, according to KCNA. „The sacred journey marked the beginning of a new history of militant solidarity between the DPRK and Russia.“
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is the official name of North Korea.
According to Seoul’s National Intelligence Service, North Korea has sent weapons and some 15,000 troops to Russia since 2024, primarily to help recapture lost territory in Kursk Province from Ukrainian forces. The agency said in September that around 2,000 of the dispatched soldiers have been killed.
