On May 10, the leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-un, publicly praised North Korean soldiers fighting with the Russian army In the Kursk region, qualifying them as “Heroes” and “Representatives of the Honor of the Nation”according to North Korean state media.
“Our participation in the war was justifiable, and this belongs to our sovereign rights,” Kim said, supporting the sending of troops as part of a “Sacred Mission” to support their “brothers and comrades of arms”.
In a blunt message, Kim also warned that, if “the Winding of the United States and the Westwith their defective ammunition and bad tastethey try another Assault against the Russian Federation“North Korea” will emit without hesitation Order on the use of the RPDC armed forces to repel the invasion of the enemy. “
For his part, the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, approached to personally greet North Korean soldiers during the Victory Day Parade in Moscowalthough Kim was not present.
Although Pyongyang, he sent troops from the fall of 2024. Several reports estimate that More than a third of North Korean soldiers have died or result.
