North Korean Troops Are Preparing for Combat in Kursk

Wes O'Donnell
5 min readOct 16, 2024
Image from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Used without permission, because f*ck those guys…

In June, Russia and North Korea signed a new defense pact that publicly laid out Moscow’s willingness to engage in full-fledged military cooperation with Pyongyang.

Ahh, two households, both alike in indignity, in fair Pyongyang, where we lay our scene.

Finally, their secret love affair is out in the open.

Gone are the days when Kim Jong-Un secretly sent Moscow large quantities of conventional munitions in exchange for Russian technical assistance with North Korea’s Hwasong-18 missile.

Remember, both Russia and North Korea denied any arms dealings between them before Putin visited Pyongyang in June.

From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, where Korean blood makes Russian hands unclean.

But the most alarming development that came out of that dastardly summit was the sending of North Korean troops, mostly combat engineers, to the Donetsk region of Ukraine to “help rebuild.”

Of course, like many announcements coming out of the Kremlin, this too was not entirely candid.

Now, Russia is reportedly preparing to bolster its faltering invasion efforts with a battalion of North Korean combat troops.

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Wes O'Donnell
Wes O'Donnell

Written by Wes O'Donnell

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