On Monday Russia President Vladimir Putin thanked the North Korean troops who were fighting alongside Moscow’s forces against Ukraine, confirming the suspicion that the third world Asian dictatorship was involved in the conflict, something Infowars reported in October.
“North Korean leader Kim Jong-un personally ordered his country’s military to fight alongside Russian forces ‘to annihilate Ukrainian neo-Nazi occupiers and liberate the Kursk region,’ the country’s state media reported on Monday,” RT said.
The statement came after Russian General Staff Chief Valery Gerasimov praised the North Koreans for their help in liberating the Kursk Region from Ukrainian occupation.
“The operations for liberating the Kursk area to repel the adventurous invasion of the Russian Federation by the Ukrainian authorities were victoriously concluded,” Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported, citing an official statement by the country’s Central Military Commission.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russia would help North Korea in defending itself if such a need arises, a statement which indicates a formation of a geopolitical friendship, potentially similar to one Russia has been fostering with Iran in recent years.
Similar to Moscow’s official relationship with Tehran, it holds a partnership agreement with Pyongyang as well.
“Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un signed a comprehensive partnership treaty between Moscow and Pyongyang in June 2024,” RT said. “One of the articles of the agreement obliges one country to provide immediate military assistance by all available means to the other if its territory is attacked from abroad.”