US EditionPutin Hails 'Invincible Friendship' with North Korea in New Year Letter: Report
Putin praised a treaty with North Korea and military support involving over 10,000 soldiers aiding Russia in Ukraine, highlighting deepening strategic and defense ties.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin praised closer Moscow–Pyongyang ties in a New Year message received in Pyongyang last week, touting an `invincible friendship` and a `militant fraternity` proven by North Korean soldiers' participation in Russia's war effort.
- The New Year message referenced a comprehensive strategic partnership treaty and its fulfilment, including a mutual-defence clause pledging immediate military aid if either nation faces armed aggression.
- South Korean and Western intelligence agencies estimated North Korea sent more than 10,000 soldiers to Russia's Kursk region in 2024, while Seoul's spy agency reported around 2,000 killed.
- The deal prompted talk in Seoul about arms policy toward Kyiv even though no change materialised, while Kim Jong Un met families of soldiers killed fighting for Russia and North Korean state media published images of an emotional returned soldier embraced by the leader.
- The timing of state media coverage tied military cooperation to wider strategic messaging, as KCNA's delayed report coincided with Kim's nuclear-powered submarine construction site inspection.
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Vladimir Putin celebrates the "invincible friendship" between Russia and North Korea in a letter to Kim Jong-un. Pyongyang deployed 10,000 soldiers in Ukraine, strengthening their strategic ties.
North Korea's leader receives New Year's message from Putin, hailing 'heroic' dispatch of troops in war against Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent a message of greeting to mark New Year's Day to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, hailing the North's "heroic" dispatch of troops in Russia's war against Ukraine, the North's state media said on Thursday.
Putin greeted the "invincible friendship" with North Korea in a letter of wish. He alluded to the war in Ukraine. ...
Friendship among despots: In the war of aggression against Ukraine, Kremlin chief Putin can rely on thousands of North Korean soldiers. In a flowery letter, he thanks leader Kim for sending them and rads of "a just order in the multipolar world".
Vladimir Putin praised a "invincible friendship" between Russia and North Korea, which has come closer against the backdrop of war in Ukraine.
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