North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un said, during a visit to the Russian embassy in Pyongyang, that the country's deployment of troops to Russia is justified, stating that North Korea's participation in the war is an exercise of its sovereign rights, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.
Kim said that he sent troops to Russia to "liberate" the Kursk front-line region, citing a mutual defense treaty signed with Russia last year. "Our participation in the war was justified and this is within the realm of the exercise of our sovereign rights," Kim said, calling his country's soldiers engaged in combat in Ukraine "heroes."
Additionally, the North Korean leader said that if he should "neglect the Ukrainian puppet forces' move to bluntly take military action against the nuclear power's territory, they will be more recklessly brave. Then, Seoul's military, the top-class stooge of the U.S., would also increase its reckless bravado."
