In letter to Putin, Kim hails North Korea's military ties with Russia as 'new supremacy'
December 31 (UPI) — North Korean President Kim Jong Un on Monday announced a “new height” in relations between North Korea and Russia and hopes that Russia will conquer Ukraine by 2025.
Kim expressed his best wishes for the new year in a December 30 letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un conveyed warm New Year's greetings to Comrade Putin, his dear friend and colleague, wishing well to the brotherly Russian people and all the brave Russian military personnel on his behalf, the Korean people. and all the military personnel of the armed forces [Democratic People’s Republic of Korea],” the government [North] The Korean Central News Agency reported on Tuesday.
Kim described the year 2024 as a year of transition in the relationship between North Korea and Russia from one of friendly coexistence to a “strategic and cooperative” relationship between “sworn friendships.”
He also expressed hope that 2025 will be the first year of “Russia's military victory in the 21st century” after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
This week, North Korean President Kim Jong Un (pictured in 2023) announced a “new high” in relations between North Korea and Russia and hopes that Russia will conquer Ukraine by 2025. File photo by KCNA/UPI
Kim called the Ukrainian government and its military “neo-Nazism.”
To help achieve that, Kim expressed his “willingness to design and move forward with energy and new projects to achieve the goal of building a strong nation.” [sic] in the two countries and to achieve people's welfare and prosperity” by “strengthening the comprehensive strategic relationship between the DPRK and Russia.”
In a recent letter to Russian leader Vladimir Putin, North Korean President Kim Jong Un (pictured in 2023) announced a “new high” in relations between North Korea and Russia and hoped that Russia would conquer Ukraine by 2025. File Pool Photo by Kremlin /UPI
Kim concluded the letter by wishing Putin and Russia “great success” and prosperity, well-being and happiness for the Russian people.
North Korea has recently sent approximately 11,000 troops to fight in Russian territories to fight against Ukraine after successfully attacking Russian forces in the Kursk region located 120 kilometers north of Kharkiv, Ukraine.
The military deployment by North Korea is part of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement with Russia that was signed by Kim and Putin in June and went into effect in December.
The agreement seeks to help each other if any country is attacked by a foreign business.
US National Security Adviser John Kirby last week told the media that some North Korean soldiers stationed in Russia are committing suicide instead of surrendering to the Ukrainian army.
The North Korean soldiers who committed suicide “probably feared that their families would be sent back to North Korea if they were caught,” Kirby said.
Putin said on Friday that at least 3,000 North Korean soldiers had been killed or wounded in Russia's Kursk region, where Ukrainian forces attacked in August.
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