North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the military brotherhood between his country and Russia “will advance unabated”, state media KCNA reported on Friday (local time).
Kim made the comments during a speech at the opening ceremony of a memorial to North Korean soldiers who fought alongside Russian troops in Russia’s Kursk region during Moscow’s war with Ukraine, KCNA said.
“The years of militant brotherhood, in which the long-term development of bilateral friendship was guaranteed at the price of precious blood, will advance unabated,” Kim said, according to KCNA. The challenges of “domination and tyranny” cannot hinder ties between the two countries, he added.
The event was the latest public tribute to North Korean troops who fought in Russia to repel an incursion by Ukrainian forces.
Kim and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a mutual defense pact. North Korea has sent soldiers, artillery ammunition and missiles to Russia to support Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Kiev and Seoul estimate that North Korea has sent more than 10,000 soldiers to war in exchange for economic assistance and military technology from Russia. South Korea’s intelligence agency estimated in September that about 2,000 North Korean soldiers had been killed in the fighting.
Putin remained defiant on Thursday after US President Donald Trump hit Russia’s two biggest oil companies with sanctions to pressure the Kremlin leader to end the war.
Trump will visit South Korea, North Korea’s great rival, next week.
Source: Terra
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