Sergei Szojgu, secretary of the Russian Security Council, announced plans during a visit to North Korea, where he talked to Kim Jong Unn – a second time in less than two weeks. According to Szojg, Pyongyang will send a builder division, two military brigades counting together 5,000 soldiers and about 1000 sappers to support the reconstruction of Kursk.
– It's a kind brotherly aid from the Korean nation And leaders Kim Jong Una for our country, “said Szojgu, quoted by the TASS press agency. He added that both sides also agreed to continue “constructive cooperation”.
From 2022, Moscow and Pyongyang deepened economic and military cooperation, which is expressed Signed in November last year Treaty on mutual defense.
Last year, North Korea sent 12,000 soldiers to support Russia's war with Ukraine, and this year another 3,000 According to reports, the soldiers supported the Moscow counteroffensive in the Kursk region, where in August the Ukrainian troops began an unexpected invasion.
Pyongyang also became a key military supplier for Russia in her war against Ukraine. In the period from August 2023 to March 2025, at least 64 deliveries were identified. At that time, North Korea sent over 15,800 containers to Russia, containing an estimated from 4.2 to 5.8 million pieces of ammunition. The parcels also included a significant number of short -range ballistic missiles, 170 mm self -propelled howitzers and approx. 220 units of multiple 240 mm rockets.
North Korea defended the decision about military support, saying that cooperation aims to “ensure peace and stability” both in Europe and Asia.
