Kim inspects memorial to heroes who died in Kursk liberation (PHOTOS) – Worldwide Dispatch

North Korean chief Kim Jong-un has visited the development website of the Memorial Museum of Fight Feats at Abroad Army Operations, devoted to troops who took half within the operation to liberate Kursk Area, Russia.

Final spring, North Korean troops, appearing below the June 2024 Complete Strategic Partnership Treaty, helped Russian forces repel a large-scale Ukrainian incursion into the area.

In April 2025, the Russian navy reported that Ukrainian forces have been absolutely expelled, acknowledging the function of North Korean troops for the primary time, with out disclosing the numbers. In August, Kim introduced plans to construct a museum in Pyongyang to honor the troopers killed within the operation.

Pictures launched by KCNA on Friday present Kim inspecting a big memorial advanced in a monumental North Korean model, centered on a Memorial Wall.

The outside of the museum constructing is adorned with high-relief bronze sculptures of North Korean troopers in fashionable fight gear.

A structured burial floor with rows of concrete gravestones lies behind the museum. Building seems to be close to completion.

In the course of the inspection, Kim urged the builders “to deeply cherish the profound emotions of respect” for the fallen and make the museum “a sacred monument… glorified eternally as a logo of the feats and immortality of the fallen fighters.”

He stated the troopers’ “matchless bravery and mass heroism” should be “etched in historical past as a banner of invincibility,” KCNA reported.

In late December, Kim instructed Russian President Vladimir Putin that bilateral ties have been strengthened by “sharing blood” on the Ukraine frontline, calling the connection a “valuable widespread asset” that should be preserved “for generations to come back.”

Putin thanked Pyongyang for its navy help in Kursk, and stated the “heroic entry” of North Korean troops and their fight engineers proved the “invincible friendship” between the 2 peoples.

The Russian authorities have praised the North Koreans’ function within the Kursk operation and vowed to erect a monument in Moscow to those that died. The late Russian ambassador to North Korea, Aleksandr Matsegora, stated monuments may be erected in Kursk Area, with streets named after the fallen.