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Putin hails North Korean troops as 'heroic' in letter to Kim

Russia deployed 10,000 to 11,000 North Korean soldiers and 47,000 foreign workers in 2024 to address severe manpower shortages and sustain military and industrial efforts, officials said.

  • Russia and North Korea have signed a mutual defense pact and forged closer ties, with North Korea sending troops to support Russia in Ukraine.
  • Putin sent a letter thanking Kim Jong Un for dispatching "heroic" North Korean troops to fight alongside Russia in Ukraine.
  • The speaker of Russia's Duma visited Pyongyang and thanked Kim for sending "excellent soldiers" to Ukraine, while Kim said the visit would promote DPRK-Russia relations.
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In a letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Russian President Vladimir Putin praised the North Korean troops serving alongside Russia…

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A few hours after the summit in Alaska, Vladimir Putin writes a letter to Kim Jong-un: and calls heroic the North Korean troops fighting on the front line in Ukraine alongside...

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In April, Pyongyang confirmed for the first time that it had deployed a contingent of its soldiers on the front line in Ukraine, alongside Moscow troops.

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