Russia’s Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu said that North Korea would send a “division of builders, two military brigades of 5,000 people” and 1,000 deminers who would help Russia in the “restoration” of Kursk
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North Korea will send thousands of workers to help Russia rebuild the war-torn city of Kursk. The development comes as Pyongyang is already facing backlash for sending its troops to the battlefield.
Reports by Russian state media say that the country’s Security Council Secretary, Sergei Shoigu, held talks with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang on Tuesday, where the two sides agreed on the arrangement, describing it “fraternal assistance”.
North Korea has become one of Russia’s main allies during its more than three-year-long Ukraine offensive, sending thousands of troops and container loads of weapons to help the Kremlin oust Ukrainian forces from Kursk.
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On Wednesday, Shoigu said that North Korea would send a “division of builders, two military brigades [of] 5,000 people” and 1,000 deminers who would help Russia in the “restoration” of Kursk, according to a report by TASS.
“This is a kind of fraternal assistance from the Korean people and leader Kim Jong Un to our country,” Shoigu said.
Kim and Shoigu discussed “items of immediate cooperation” as well as “long-term plans” to carry out “important matters agreed by the heads of states of the two countries throug