US EditionNorth Korea confirms troop deployment to Russia for first time, several media report
- North Korean troops are confirmed to have been deployed to Russia, marking their first major involvement in an armed conflict since the Korean War, according to North Korea's Central Military Commission.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked North Korea for its troop contribution and emphasized their sacrifices in the ongoing war against Ukraine.
- U.S. And South Korean intelligence estimate that North Korea deployed between 10,000 to 12,000 soldiers to Russia, alongside supplying conventional weapons to support the Russian military.
- South Korea's Unification Ministry condemned North Korea's troop deployment as a 'grave provocation to international security.
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War against Ukraine - Putin thanks North Korea for sending soldiers
Russia's head of state Putin has praised the deployment of North Korean soldiers in fighting against Ukrainian troops as a "healing act". The Russian people will never forget their support in the Russian border region Kursk, said Putin, according to a statement by the Kremlin. Ukrainian troops had invaded Russian territory in August.
For First Time, North Korea Confirms Its Troops Are in Russia
North Korea confirmed Monday for the first time that it sent troops to Russia to support its war against Ukraine, saying the deployment was meant to help Russia regain its Kursk region that Ukrainian forces seized in a surprise incursion last year, the AP reports. US, South Korean, and Ukraine...
Putin Appreciates the “Fight” of North Korean Troops Who Helped Retake the Russian Kursk Region
Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Monday for the “fight” of his country’s fighters who fought for Russia against Ukraine’s forces in the Russian region of Kursk, which Moscow claims he managed to fully retake. Putin thanked Kim shortly after North Korea first confirmed this Monday that his country’s troops were deployed in Kursk, months after South Korea and several Western powers accused Pyongyang of se…
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