Hundreds of Russian soldiers injured in the war unleashed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, in Ukraine they are receiving rehabilitation in North Korea hospitals, said Russia ambassador to Pyongyang in an interview published on Sunday, according to the media .
“The treatment, the attention, the food … everything related to the stay in North Korea was absolutely free,” said Ambassador Alexander Matsegora to the government newspaper Rossiiskaya Gazeta. “When we offered our friends [norcoreanos] To compensate at least part of their expenses, they felt genuinely offended and asked us not to do it again, “Matsegora added.
Matsegora also said that the orphans of the dead Russian soldiers in Ukraine were welcomed in the International Children’s Camp of Songdowon in North Korea last summer. Putin personally thanked the “Comrade” Kim Jong for organizing the children’s stay during his visit to Pyongyang last June.
Russia and North Korea have strengthened their military and political ties since the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, and the two countries adopted a mutual defense pact last year.
Meanwhile, Western intelligence agencies, South Korean and Ukrainians have said that Pyongyang deployed more than 11,000 North Korean soldiers to support Russian forces in the Russian region of Kursk, where Ukraine launched a cross -border offensive surprise last August.
