Photos of Kim Jong -un were shown in the background during a joint cultural event organized by North Korea and Russia in Pyongyang on Sunday to commemorate the first anniversary of the signing of an “comprehensive strategic partnership” agreement.
According to the publication, it was clear on the part of the personnel how Kim Jong -un solemnly the North Korean flag on the coffin during the return of the remains of the North Korean military.
In the photo, the North Korean leader Kim Jong Yun leaned over the coffin, presumably belonging to the North Korean military, killed in the war of the Russian-aggressor against Ukraine.
The event also shown photographs of the North Korean military near the Russian, as well as the blood -filled notebook, which was allegedly belonging to the North Korean military, found on the battlefield in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation.
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Back in 2022, when Russian invaders invaded Ukraine full -scale, the DPRK began to supply the Russian Federation weapons. In 2024, Moscow and Pyongyang signed an agreement providing for mutual military assistance in case of aggression. Since October 2024, North Korean troops have been taking part in the war against Ukraine on the side of the Russian Federation. According to the Ukrainian side, 12 thousand military arrived from the DPRK, as of the beginning of 2025, 3.8 thousand of them were killed or wounded.
Reuters sources in Ukrainian intelligence said that without The help of the DPRK of the Russian Federation would not be able to wage war against Ukraine as actively as it is now.
On June 15, the British Ministry of Defense reported that about half of the DPRK military, whom Russia attracted to the war against Ukraine in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation, was allegedly killed, wounded or missing.
On June 17, in the report of the American Institute for the Study of the War, it was informed that the Russian Federation could send military DPRK to the occupied territories of the Donetsk region under the guise of “recovery”.
On June 26, Reuters, citing the National Intelligence Service (NIS) of South Korea, wrote that North Korea could send more troops to Russia in July or August to participate in the war in Ukraine.
