On Tuesday, Yonhap reported that North Korea plans to send any 1,000 bomb squads and 5,000 military builders to Russia. Their task will be to carry out replacement activities and to rebuild infrastructure within the Kurdish region. North Korean bomb squads are to be liable for clearing the land from mines, while engineers will be active in the reconstruction of destroyed facilities in the region adjacent to Ukraine.
Russian safety Council Secretary, Sergei Szojgu, announced an agreement following the conclusion of the Pjongjang talks. He reported that the decision to send the North Korean contingent was made personally by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Memory sites of the fallen
The arrangements besides supply for the commemoration of the participation of Korean People's Army soldiers in armed actions. The Shoygu announced the creation of memorial sites dedicated to the fallen Korean military who fought for Liberation of Russian territory – both in Russia and North Korea. In Pjongjang, it is besides planned to make a memorial complex from the museum, the construction of which will take place in cooperation with the Russian side.
Sergei Szojgu's ongoing visit to North Korea is his second gathering with Kim Jong Un in just 2 weeks and already the 3rd in the last 3 months, showing a clear closer relation between the 2 countries. According to reports from Russian media, the Shoygu went to Pyongyang after receiving special instructions from president Vladimir Putin, although the details of these guidelines have not been disclosed.
Kim doesn't care about his own
In the latest intelligence update, the British Ministry of Defence reported an expanding number of losses among North Korean soldiers. According to data, about 6,000 of them were killed or injured during armed action, which represents half of the full quota sent so far by Pjongyang to aid Russia. As the ministry explains, crucial losses are most likely the consequence of Russian command of the tactics of frontal infantry attacks, which assumes the exhaustion of Ukrainian forces through mass assaults.
So far, the North Korean military has been utilized exclusively in the Kursk region. According to the UK Ministry's assessment, a possible extension of their presence in Ukraine would require direct decision by the leaders of both states – Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un.
North Korean media reported on June 5 that during a gathering with Sergei Szojgu Kim Jong Un declared unconditional support for Russia in her conflict with Ukraine and confirmed readiness to comply with the defence treaty with responsibilitywhich was signed with Moscow in June 2024.
