Pyongyang, Dec. 13 -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at a public ceremony, welcomed a returning army-engineering-regiment following their four-month-long deployment in Russia, marking a rare display of Pyongyang's active acknowledgement in providing Moscow with military support for its ongoing war in Ukraine.
DPRK state media reported Saturday that the 528th Regiment of Engineers had carried out combat and engineering duties in Russia's western Kursk region, including mine-clearing operations.
At a ceremony in Pyongyang on Friday, Kim praised the returning soldiers for what he called "heroic" conduct and "mass heroism" during a 120-day mission ordered by the ruling Workers' Party of Korea. Footage released by state broadcaster KCNA show...