"We will always honor the Korean heroes who gave their lives for russia, for our shared freedom, alongside our russian brothers-in-arms", - the russian dictator putin praised the contribution of DPRK soldiers to the "special military operation".
Earlier, kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov repeatedly denied the presence of North Koreans on the battlefield.
As previously reported, russian "war correspondent" Alexander Kots said that North Korean soldiers in the Kursk oblast were disguised as "combat Buryats" and stationed in field camps "so they wouldn't draw attention".