North Korea's Kim says he'll 'unconditionally support' Russia's war against Ukraine

North Korea says that person Kim Jong Un told a apical Russian authoritative that his state volition “unconditionally support” Russia’s warfare against Ukraine

SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korean person Kim Jong Un told a visiting apical Russian authoritative that his state volition “unconditionally support” Russia's war against Ukraine, the North's authorities media reported Thursday, the latest motion of expanding practice betwixt the 2 nations.

In April, the 2 countries officially confirmed North Korean troops' deployment to Russia for the archetypal time, saying that soldiers of the 2 countries were warring alongside each different to repel a Ukrainian incursion into Russia’s Kursk borderline region. At the time, Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked North Korea's information successful the warfare and promised not to hide their sacrifices.

In a gathering with Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu successful Pyongyang connected Wednesday, Kim affirmed that North Korea volition “unconditionally enactment the basal of Russia and its overseas policies successful each the important planetary governmental issues including the Ukrainian issue,” the authoritative Korean Central News Agency said.

The 2 discussed however to solidify strategical concern betwixt North Korea and Russia and reached a statement connected the Ukraine contented and different unspecified planetary situations, KCNA said. It didn't elaborate.

Russia’s authorities Tass quality agency, citing the Russian Security Council's property service, reported that Shoigu and Kim besides discussed prospects for rebuilding the Kursk portion and outlined steps to commemorate the publication made by North Korean soldiers.

Russia claimed successful April 2025 that it had afloat reclaimed the Kursk region, though Ukraine insists it inactive has troops contiguous there. Ukraine’s apical service main Oleksandr Syrskyi reiterated Saturday that Ukrainian forces were inactive holding territory successful Russia’s Kursk region.

Shoigu past visited North Korea successful March for a gathering with Kim.

North Korea and Russia haven't said however galore North Korean troops are successful Russia. But U.S., South Korean and Ukraine quality officials earlier said North Korea dispatched 10,000-12,000 troops to Russia past autumn successful its archetypal information successful a large equipped struggle since the 1950-53 Korean War. South Korean authorities precocious said North Korea sent astir 3,000 additional troops to Russia earlier this year.

North Korea has been supplying a immense magnitude of conventional weapons to Russia arsenic well.

South Korean, U.S. and their partners judge Russia has provided economical and subject assistance to North Korea successful return. They interest Russia mightiness besides transportation blase technologies to assistance North Korea heighten its atomic weapons programme targeting its rivals.

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