North Korean troops helped repel a large-scale Ukrainian incursion within the area final 12 months
North Korean chief Kim Jong-un has visited the development web site of the Memorial Museum of Fight Feats at Abroad Army Operations, devoted to troops who took half within the operation to liberate Kursk Area, Russia.
Final spring, North Korean troops, appearing below the June 2024 Complete Strategic Partnership Treaty, helped Russian forces repel a large-scale Ukrainian incursion into the area.
In April 2025, the Russian navy reported that Ukrainian forces had been totally expelled, acknowledging the function of North Korean troops for the primary time, with out disclosing the numbers. In August, Kim introduced plans to construct a museum in Pyongyang to honor the troopers killed within the operation.
Photographs launched by KCNA on Friday present Kim inspecting a big memorial complicated in a monumental North Korean type, centered on a Memorial Wall.
The outside of the museum constructing is adorned with high-relief bronze sculptures of North Korean troopers in trendy fight gear.
A structured burial floor with rows of concrete gravestones lies behind the museum. Development seems to be close to completion.
Throughout the inspection, Kim urged the builders “to deeply cherish the profound emotions of respect” for the fallen and make the museum “a sacred monument… glorified eternally as an emblem of the feats and immortality of the fallen fighters.”
He stated the troopers’ “matchless bravery and mass heroism” have to be “etched in historical past as a banner of invincibility,” KCNA reported.
In late December, Kim instructed Russian President Vladimir Putin that bilateral ties have been strengthened by “sharing blood” on the Ukraine frontline, calling the connection a “treasured frequent asset” that have to be preserved “for generations to come back.”
Putin thanked Pyongyang for its navy help in Kursk, and stated the “heroic entry” of North Korean troops and their fight engineers proved the “invincible friendship” between the 2 peoples.
The Russian authorities have praised the North Koreans’ function within the Kursk operation and vowed to erect a monument in Moscow to those that died. The late Russian ambassador to North Korea, Aleksandr Matsegora, stated monuments may be erected in Kursk Area, with streets named after the fallen.
