North Korea acknowledges troops aiding Russia in Ukraine
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North Korean state media said Friday in Pyongyang that specialized troops — combat engineers sent to Russia’s Kursk region for demining — have returned home, as Kim Jong-un honored nine killed in action and praised the unit’s work. The acknowledgment follows a July Kremlin statement that North Korea would send 1,000 combat engineers and 5,000 construction workers, amid broader DPRK support to Russia’s war effort and a revived mutual defense treaty between Moscow and Pyongyang.
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