North Korea’s Kim inspects memorial for soldiers who fought the war in Ukraine

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter Ju Ae inspected the construction of a memorial for North Korean troops who died fighting verseas.
Under a mutual defence pact with russia, in 2024 North Korea sent some 14,000 soldiers to fight alongside Russian ⁠troops in Ukraine, where more than 6,000 of them were killed, according to South Korean, Ukrainian and Western sources.
Kim described the dead soldiers as “heroes … who sacrificed themselves without hesitation”, saying “no ⁠one in the world can overcome such an army that is absolutely loyal to the orders of the party”.
He took ⁠part in tree-planting for the memorial with Ju Ae, who wore a red muffler while shoveling earth with her father.