North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said North Korean soldiers are "heroes" after Pyongyang officially admitted for the first time that it had sent troops to fight in Russia's Kursk region
North Korea confirmed for the first time that it had sent forces to Russia, the KCNA agency reported, stating that its soldiers helped Moscow regain the areas of Russia's Kursk region, which have been under Ukrainian control for months.
KCNA stated that "subunits of the North Korean armed forces participated in operations to liberate the occupied areas of Kursk" and added that the war effort of those soldiers "has ended victoriously."
"Those who fought for justice are all heroes and representatives of the honor of the motherland," said North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
He added that a monument commemorating the "feats of the battle" will soon be erected in Pyongyang.
Ukraine, South Korea and Western countries have been condemning the participation of several thousand North Korean soldiers in the fighting for several months, while Moscow and Pyongyang have always refused to acknowledge it.
Russia and North Korea signed a joint strategic partnership agreement in June 2024 that provides for "mutual" military assistance in the event of an attack on either country.
The first North Korean confirmation of the deployment of forces in Russia comes after Moscow announced on Saturday that it had fully regained control of its border region of Kursk, a claim Kiev called "false and propaganda".
Source: Beta
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Vučić's regime is really heading towards its inevitable end. The damage he has done in almost all spheres of society is great and difficult to repair. And it will be greater the more the final departure is delayed and prolonged. Exactly what that end will be like and what it will look like, no one can predict with certainty. But it can be said with a lot of certainty that, if this "our" opposition party, i.e. the anti-regime side managed to get rid of some of its pains, that departure must have been faster and more certain. What kind of ailments are we talking about?
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Vučić is not defending the state, but himself from the state. With a drum on his back and a guitar in his hands, this man-orchestra performs two or three of the same songs without hearing, with falsifications and falling out of rhythm. His government and politics are like that. In short - dangerous for the environment
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The example of the elections in Zaječar and Kosjerić shows that the truth is not given, but assumed. Truth is a task that a citizen fulfills. She always wins
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