North Korea sent troops to clear mines in Russia’s Kursk region this fall, nine of which were killed during the dangerous deployment, leader Kim Jong Un said in a speech carried by state media Saturday. In a rare admission of the kamikaze missions assigned to Pyongyang’s soldiers fighting alongside Moscow in the war in Ukraine, the hermit kingdom ruler praised their “heroic” conduct. “This is invaluable help in our work, without which border area cannot be rebuilt,” Alexander Khinshtein, governor of the Kursk region, wrote on Telegram, referring to the North Korean troops as “our combat friends” and to their recluse leader as “comrade.”
Author: Gabrielle Fahmy
Published at: 2025-12-13 19:32:50
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