{"id":921045,"date":"2026-04-27T03:49:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T03:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/921045\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T03:49:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T03:49:16","slug":"russia-awards-north-korean-heroes-for-their-bravery-in-battle-against-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/921045\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia awards North Korean \u2018heroes\u2019 for their bravery in battle against Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Russia\u2019s defense chief on Sunday awarded prestigious medals to \u201celite\u201d North Korean soldiers for their valor in fighting Ukrainian forces in Russia\u2019s Kursk region and commended them for their \u201cboundless devotion to the motherland.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Defense Minister Andrei Belousov personally pinned Orders of Courage to 10 DPRK service members in Pyongyang, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/mod_russia\/62937\" rel=\"nofollow\">footage<\/a> released by the Russian Defense Ministry.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony took place at the invitation of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and on the instructions of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Belousov said in a speech at the event.<\/p>\n<p>It was held to pay respects to DPRK soldiers who<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Russia\u2019s defense chief on Sunday awarded prestigious medals to \u201celite\u201d North Korean soldiers for their valor in fighting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":921046,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7654],"tags":[2000,299,95012,3181,95013,657],"class_list":["post-921045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ukraine","tag-eu","tag-europe","tag-foreign-relations","tag-leadership","tag-military-affairs","tag-ukraine"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116474634035026572","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=921045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/921046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=921045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=921045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=921045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}