North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walks next to memorial stones during the opening ceremony of the Memorial Museum of Combat Feats at the Overseas Military Operations honouring North Korean troops killed while fighting for Russia in the war against Ukraine, in Pyongyang, North Korea, April 26, 2026, in this picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency. KCNA via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THIS IMAGE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA.

V Pjongangu so postavili precej manj grobov, kot je dejansko padlih severnokorejskih vojakov. Foto: KCNA/Reuters

Nečloveški ukaz, ki ga morajo upoštevati severnokorejski vojaki, ki se borijo za Rusijo

Severnokorejski voditelj Kim Jong Un je javno potrdil pravilo, po katerem se od vojakov, poslanih v boj za Rusijo v Ukrajini, pričakuje, da storijo samomor, namesto da bi padli v ujetništvo.

Na komemoraciji v Pjongjangu za padle severnokorejske vojake je Kim pohvalil tiste, ki so se odločili za »samouničenje«, in jih označil za junake, ki so branili čast države, piše hrvaški Index.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during the opening ceremony of the Memorial Museum of Combat Feats at the Overseas Military Operations honouring North Korean troops killed while fighting for Russia in the war against Ukraine, in Pyongyang, North Korea, April 26, 2026, in this picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency. KCNA via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THIS IMAGE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA.

Severnokorejski vodja Kim Džong Un govori na proslavi od odkritju spomenika vojakom in Severne Koreje, ki so padli na strani Rusije v Ukrajinski vojni. Foto: KCNA/Reuters

Njegove izjave potrjujejo prejšnja poročila ukrajinskih, južnokorejskih in zahodnih uradnikov, da naj bi imele severnokorejske enote, poslane v Rusijo, ukaz izogniti se ujetju za vsako ceno, tudi s samomorom.

Spomenik in število žrtev

Radio Svobodna Evropa poroča, da je Severna Koreja v Pjongjangu odprla nov spomenik vojakom, padlim v vojni v Ukrajini. Na lokaciji naj bi bilo približno 280 grobov, medtem ko južnokorejska obveščevalna služba ocenjuje, da je v operacijah v ruski Kurski oblasti umrlo okoli 2000 severnokorejskih vojakov.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during the opening ceremony of the Memorial Museum of Combat Feats at the Overseas Military Operations honouring North Korean troops killed while fighting for Russia in the war against Ukraine, in Pyongyang, North Korea, April 26, 2026, in this picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency. KCNA via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THIS IMAGE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA.

Poročila zahodnih uradnikov so že dalj časa nakazovala, da naj bi imele severnokorejske enote ukaz izogniti se ujetju za vsako ceno. Foto: KCNA/Reuters

Pred tem je Severna Koreja pripravila komemoracijo le za 101 vojaka. Ne Pjongjang ne Moskva nista objavila uradnih podatkov o izgubah.

Ocenjuje se sicer, da je Severna Koreja med koncem leta 2024 in junijem 2025 v Rusijo poslala od 14.000 do 15.000 vojakov. Prisotnost teh enot sta Moskva in Pjongjang sprva zanikala, nato pa sta jo aprila 2025 priznala.

Prijateljstvo, zapisano s krvjo

Na odprtju spomenika je Kim kampanjo opisal kot »novo zgodovino prijateljstva med Korejo in Rusijo, zapisano s krvjo«. Ruski predsednik Vladimir Putin pa je v pismu Kimu spomenik označil kot simbol enotnosti med državama.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walks with Russia's Defence Minister Andrey Belousov and Russia's State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin during the opening ceremony of the Memorial Museum of Combat Feats at the Overseas Military Operations honouring North Korean troops killed while fighting for Russia in the war against Ukraine, in Pyongyang, North Korea, April 26, 2026,in this picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency. KCNA via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THIS IMAGE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA.

Pred nekaj dnevi je Severno Korejo obiskala visoka ruska delegacija, v kateri sta bila obrambni minister Andrej Belousov in predsednik ruske Dume Vjačeslav Volodin. Foto: KCNA/Reuters

Severna Koreja naj bi v zameno za pošiljanje vojakov prejela denar, hrano in tehnično pomoč. Ukrajinski predsednik Volodimir Zelenski je dejal, da je tisoče severnokorejskih vojakov še vedno v Rusiji, Ukrajina pa je doslej zajela le dva, ki ostajata v državi.

HANDOUT - 13 September 2025, North Korea, --: A photo released by the North Korean State News Agency (KCNA) on September 12, 2025 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C) overseeing a shooting contest between troops of the sniper subunits belonging to the metropolitan garrison command and the special mobile force of the central security organ. Photo: -/KCNA/KNS/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full

Severna Koreja

Smrtna kazen jim grozi že zaradi ogleda tujega filma

This photo provided by the North Korean government shows its leader Kim Jong Un, front right, his daughter, reportedly named Kim Ju Ae, and other soldiers on a tank at a military training base in North Korea, Thursday, March 19, 2026. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads:

severna koreja

Simbol moči in nasledstva: Hči Kim Jong Una prvič za krmilom tanka