{"id":629880,"date":"2025-12-13T09:06:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T09:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/629880\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T09:06:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T09:06:16","slug":"north-koreas-kim-bestows-hero-titles-on-soldiers-killed-in-ukraine-war-kim-jong-un-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/629880\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea\u2019s Kim bestows \u2018hero\u2019 titles on soldiers killed in Ukraine war | Kim Jong Un News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kim Jong Un participates in latest public event to honour North Korean troops who served with Russian forces in war against Ukraine.<\/p>\n

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North Korea\u2019s leader Kim Jong Un has hugged injured soldiers in wheelchairs at a ceremony in the capital, Pyongyang, to welcome home troops who served with Russian forces<\/a> in the war against Ukraine.<\/p>\n

State-run Korean Central News Agency said on Saturday that Kim praised the \u201cmass heroism\u201d of the returning 528th Regiment of Engineers of the Korean People\u2019s Army, which had served in Russia\u2019s Kursk region<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Kim hailed the regiment\u2019s conduct<\/a> during its 120-day overseas deployment, which commenced in early August and involved combat and engineering duties, including mine clearing in the Kursk region of Russia, where Ukrainian forces had infiltrated and occupied for months before withdrawing.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou could work a miracle of turning a vast area of danger zone into a safe and secure one in a matter of less than three months, the task which was believed to be impossible to be carried out even in several years,\u201d Kim said, according to South Korea\u2019s Yonhap news agency.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe armed villains of the West, armed with whatever latest military hardware they are, cannot match this revolutionary army with an unfathomable spiritual depth,\u201d Kim added at the ceremony on Friday.<\/p>\n

\"ThisNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Friday welcomed soldiers from the Korean People\u2019s Army\u2019s 528th Regiment of Engineers, who returned from an overseas deployment in Russia\u2019s Kursk region [KCNA via AFP]<\/p>\n

The North\u2019s leader also spoke of the \u201cheartrending loss\u201d of nine members of the regiment and announced that the unit would be conferred with the Order of Freedom and Independence. The deceased troops would also be honoured with the title Hero of the Democratic People\u2019s Republic of Korea, KCNA said, referring to North Korea\u2019s official name.<\/p>\n

Video footage of the ceremony released by North Korea showed uniformed soldiers disembarking from an aircraft and Kim embracing soldiers seated in wheelchairs, as other soldiers and officials gathered to welcome the troops.<\/p>\n

The Russian Ministry of Defence confirmed last month that North Korean troops, who had helped Russia repel Ukraine\u2019s incursion into Kursk, were now involved in clearing the area of mines.<\/p>\n

Concluding a key meeting of his ruling Workers\u2019 Party of Korea on Thursday, Kim also praised the deployment of North Korean troops in support of Russia\u2019s war on Ukraine, saying it \u201cdemonstrated to the world the prestige of our army\u201d.<\/p>\n

North Korea\u2019s \u201cever-victorious army\u201d was the \u201cgenuine protector of international justice\u201d, Kim said.<\/p>\n

Under a mutual defence pact<\/a> between Moscow and Pyongyang, an estimated 14,000 North Korean soldiers were deployed to fight for Russia, with the number of those killed or wounded ranging between 3,000 and 4,000.<\/p>\n

The welcoming ceremony held on Friday marks the latest event to publicly honour North Korean soldiers who served in Russia\u2019s war on Ukraine.<\/p>\n

In October, Kim was featured embracing weeping soldiers at a ground-breaking ceremony for a planned memorial to those who fought for Russia, and in June, state media showed Kim draping coffins with the national flag in what appeared to be the repatriation of soldiers\u2019 remains from Russia.<\/p>\n

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