Overview
- State media said construction began in Pyongyang, with Kim Jong Un and Russia’s ambassador at a groundbreaking for the Museum of Military Feats.
- Kim hailed the site as a “sacred shrine” and asserted that relations with Russia are at their highest point.
- KCNA quoted Kim claiming North Korean units have operated for a year in Russia’s Kursk region and helped deliver a decisive victory.
- South Korea estimates at least 600 North Korean personnel have been killed and thousands wounded while supporting Russia, figures not independently verified.
- The memorial will feature sculptures, photographs, and artworks depicting combat, which observers describe as propaganda reinforcing North Korea’s alignment with Moscow.