North Korea has already engaged directly alongside Russia in the war against Ukraine, sending troops and weapons, and Kiev has accused Pyongyang of preparing a new deployment of soldiers to support Moscow.
North Korean leader praises "common struggle" and relationship with Russia
North Korea has already engaged directly alongside Russia in the war against Ukraine, sending troops and weapons, and Kiev has accused Pyongyang of preparing a new deployment of soldiers to support Moscow. “I am always proud to be able to...
According to the North Korean state news agency, Kim also reaffirmed his support for Moscow in the war against Ukraine, saying he was convinced that the ally would prevail under the “wise leadership” of Vladimir Putin. On Friday, Putin sent a letter to Kim on the occasion of the 81st anniversary of the liberation of the Korean peninsula from Japanese...
- In the message, the President of Russia praised the bilateral relationship, classifying it as being at an “unprecedented level of comprehensive strategic partnership”.
- On Tuesday, the Ukrainian president stated that the Russian army used “North Korean ballistic missiles” to attack the city of Zaporizhzhia, in southern Ukraine, killing at least six people.
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“I am always proud to be able to envision an even more promising future for bilateral relations, leading, together with you, the ties between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea [the official name of North Korea] and Russia, which have perpetuated the history of our common struggle,” Kim told Putin, according to KCNA.
According to the North Korean state news agency, Kim also reaffirmed his support for Moscow in the war against Ukraine, saying he was convinced that the ally would prevail under the “wise leadership” of Vladimir Putin.
On Friday, Putin sent a letter to Kim on the occasion of the 81st anniversary of the liberation of the Korean peninsula from Japanese occupation at the end of World War II.
In the message, the President of Russia praised the bilateral relationship, classifying it as being at an “unprecedented level of comprehensive strategic partnership”.
On Tuesday, the Ukrainian president stated that the Russian army used “North Korean ballistic missiles” to attack the city of Zaporizhzhia, in southern Ukraine, killing at least six people.
A day earlier, Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Russia will be reinforced with troops from North Korea, which would also have supplied Moscow with more ballistic missiles.
Zelensky asked Japan and South Korea, rivals of the North Korean regime, to provide assistance to Kiev in air defense, considering it necessary to contain Pyongyang's growing power, driven by experience gained in supporting Moscow.
In June 2024, Putin traveled to Pyongyang — his first visit to North Korea in almost a quarter of a century — and signed a military alliance between two nuclear states with Kim.
The treaty includes mutual military assistance clauses, directly violating UN Security Council sanctions against Pyongyang.
In the two years following the pact, North Korean troops fought alongside Russian forces in the war against Ukraine, while Pyongyang-made missiles and artillery shells arrived on the battlefield to fuel the Russian war machine.
In early 2026, South Korean intelligence services estimated that around 6,000 North Korean soldiers, more than a third of those who had been sent to Russian territory, had died or been injured in the fighting.
Russia began using North Korean ballistic missiles against Ukraine in late 2023 and has since helped improve the system's survivability and accuracy.
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