Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday thanked North Korea for sending troops for fighting with Russia in Moscow’s war against Ukraine and vowed not to forget his sacrifices.
Putin’s comments came only a few hours after North Korea confirmed for the first time that it deployed troops to fight Ukrainian forces.
Russia said two days ago that its troops had fully rectified the Kursk region, which was seized by Ukrainian forces last year. Ukrainian officials have denied Russia’s claim and said that the operation is going on in some areas of Kursk.
In a statement, Putin praised the North Korean soldiers, who stated that “stated with the Russian fighters, shoulder to shoulder, defended our motherland.”
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Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked North Korea for sending troops for fighting with Russia in Moscow’s war against Ukraine. ,
Putin said, “Russian people will never forget the valor of DPRK special forces.” “We will always respect the heroes who gave their lives for Russia, for our common freedom, fighting shoulder to shoulder in arms with their Russian brothers.”
Earlier on Monday, North Korea’s Central Military Commission stated that the country’s leader, Kim Jong Un, sent Russia to Russia to “eliminate Ukrainian new-Nazi occupiers and free the Kursk region with the help of wipes and Russian armed forces.” The Commission said that North Korean soldiers eventually gave Russia “a significant contribution” to seize the border area.
While this was North Korea’s first official confirmation that its soldiers were deployed in Russia, it has repeatedly expressed its unwavering support of Russia’s war against Ukraine.
The US, South Korean and Ukrainian intelligence officials have said that North Korea had deployed 10,000–12,000 troops in Russia in its first partnership in a major armed struggle since the Korean War in the early 1950s.
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Putin promised that Russia should not forget the sacrifices of North Korean soldiers sent to help fight the Ukrainian forces. (Mikhail Svetlow/Getty Images)
Putin and Kim said that North Korean troops were deployed under a mutual defense treaty signed in June 2024, which requires the two countries to use all available means to provide immediate military assistance, if either attack.
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Apart from its deployment of soldiers, North Korea is supplying a large number of traditional weapons to Russia. South Korea and the United States are concerned that Russia can reward North Korea with military and financial assistance, including high -tech weapons technologies that can increase their nuclear weapons program.
Citing the role of North Korea in Russia, it has been suggested to re -acquire the control of the Kursk region, including its sensitive military technologies from Russia and a solid security commitment to North Korea, an analyst for national strategy, suggested his immediate desire to achieve a solid safety commitment to the national strategy, an analyst for national strategy.
Russian state media said that Kremlin spokesman Dimitri Peskov said on Monday that Russia may provide military assistance to North Korea if necessary, as per the Defense Treaty, the Russian state media said.
North Korean troops were deployed under a mutual defense treaty signed in June 2024. (Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Cralein Reuters/File Photo)
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North Korea and Russia did not disclose how many people were sent to North Korean soldiers to Russia or how many casualties they had. But last month, the South Korean army evaluated that around 4,000 North Korean soldiers were killed or injured in the Russia-Ukraine war. The South Korean army also said that North Korea had sent around 3,000 additional soldiers to Russia earlier this year.
The Ministry of Integration, South Korea, on Monday called for North Korea to withdraw its soldiers from Russia immediately, arguing that there was a serious provocation for international security in the north north of Russia’s invasion in Ukraine. Ministry spokesperson Ku Biyongsam also called the deployment of north armies “an act against humanity”.
If the return of Russia’s cushion is confirmed, it will deprive Ukraine to Ukraine in Ukraine by exchange of its benefits to the war to end the war by exchanging the war.
US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he wanted to end Putin war. A day earlier, Trump said that Ukraine and Russia “were very close to a deal.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
