Putin Commends North Korean Troops’ Assistance in Ukraine War

In a New Year letter to leader Kim Jong Un, Russian President Vladimir Putin praised the participation of North Korean soldiers aiding Moscow’s war effort against Ukraine, saying it had proved a “militant fraternity” between the two nations.

Putin touted an “invincible friendship” with North Korea, state media reported Thursday. “The heroic entry of soldiers of the Korean People’s Army into the battles for liberating the Kursk region from occupiers and the subsequent activities of Korean engineers in the land of Russia clearly proved the invincible friendship,” Putin wrote, according to the official KCNA news agency.