Russia, North Korea Boost Their Cooperation Amid Tough Ukrainian Resistance

Fresh North Korean troops are pouring into the embattled Kursk Oblast region of Russia after the initial wave of North Koreans suffered prohibitive casualties.

Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP
In this photo taken from a video distributed by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on February 6, 2025, a Russian self-propelled multiple rocket launcher Uragan (Hurricane) is fired toward a Ukrainian position at an undisclosed location in the Kursk region border area. Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP

The flow of troops, arms, and civilians between Russia and North Korea is moving both ways as casualties pile up and supplies run short amid freezing winter temperatures and tough Ukrainian resistance.

That hellish image emerges amid reports that fresh North Korean troops are pouring into the embattled Kursk Oblast region of Russia, hard by the eastern Ukraine border, after the initial wave of North Koreans suffered prohibitive casualties.

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