Vladimir Putin in an official statement on April 28 thanked North Korea for the fight against the Ukrainian forces in the Russian Kursk and, according to the AP report, caused their “heroism and determination”.
Russia 26 April claimed that last year the re -region of Kursk from the Ukrainian forces, while Ukraine denied this claim.
Intelligence officials from South Korea, the United States and Ukraine claimed that North Korea sent 10,000 to 12,000 soldiers to Russia last fall. This has not yet been confirmed or denied.
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What did Vladimir Putin say about North Korean troops?
Vladimir Putin appreciated the North Korean troops for the fight against the “shoulder to the shoulder with Russian warriors” and thanked them for “defending our homeland as his own”.
The statement of the Russian President came to North Korea for the first time confirmed the deployment of their soldiers 28. April. Participation is significant because it refers to the first major role of armed conflicts from the Korean War in 1950-53.
According to a report on the state media, quoting the Central Military Commission of the Earth, North Korean decided to send her troops to Russia after Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin signed a defensive agreement in June 2024.
The defense agreement concerned is considered the “largest” of North Korea, because the Cold War, and requires “using all available means to provide immediate military assistance if attacked”.
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Russian-Kraine War: What did Kim Jong Un?
The statement quoted Kim that the deployment was intended for “the destruction and extermination of Ukrainian neo -Nazi occupiers and the liberation of the Kursk area in cooperation with Russian armed forces. Those who fought for justice are all heroes and representatives of the homeland.”
Kim said that a monument would soon be built in Pyongyang to mark the battle performance of North Korea and that the flowers would be laid before the tombstones of fallen soldiers. Kim said that the government must take steps to priority and take care of the families of the soldiers who participated in the war.
The North Korean statement did not say how many soldiers eventually sent North Korea and how many of them died. In March, however, the South Korean army said that about 4,000 North Korean soldiers were killed or injured in the fronts of Russia-Ukraine. The South Korean army also assessed at a time when North Korea sent about 3,000 other soldiers to Russia at the beginning of this year.
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Concerns over soldiers N. Korean lacking combat experience
North Korean soldiers are highly disciplined and well trained, but observers say they have become easy goals for drone and artillery attacks on the Russian-Ukrainian battlefields because of their lack of combat experience and unknown to the terrain. However, Ukrainian military and intelligence officials assessed that the North Koreans gained fundamental experience on the battlefield and were the key to the Russian strategy stunning Ukraine by throwing a large number of soldiers into the battle for Kursk.
On Monday, the South Korean Ministry called on North Korea to immediately withdraw its troops from Russia, and stated that in the north it supports an illegal invasion of Ukraine in the north is a serious provocation for international security. Koo Byoungsam also called North’s Troops “Act against Humanity” that sacrificed young North Korean soldiers for their government.
On Saturday at the Kremlin meeting Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff for Russian Armed Forces, Putin reported about the Russian re -acquisition of the Kursk region. Gerasimov also confirmed that North Korean soldiers fought alongside Russia to reflect the Ukrainian troops from the Kursk region and “show high professionalism, show bravery, courage and heroism in the battle”.
The Ukraine General Staff faced its defensive operation in certain areas in Kursk.
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The American mediated peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine hangs in balance?
If confirmed, the Russian victory in Kursk would deprive Ukraine from the key leverage in the US mediated effort to negotiate more than a three -year war by exchange of its profits for part of the occupied land in Ukraine.
On Saturday, President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenkyy met in the Vatican City on the outskirts of Pope Francis to discuss the potential agreement on the ceasefire. Shortly after arriving in Rome, Trump said on the social media on Friday that Ukraine and Russia should meet with a “very high level” about the end of the war. But less than 24 hours later, Trump said he doubted Putin’s willingness to end the war.
North Korea also supplies a huge number of conventional weapons to Russia. South Korea, the US and their partners are afraid that Russia could reward North Korea by the transfer of top weapons technologies that can sharply strengthen its nuclear weapons program. North Korea is expected to receive economic and further assistance from Russia.
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