North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said military brotherhood between his country and Russia would “advance non-stop”, state media KCNA reported on Friday.

Kim made the comments during a speech at the groundbreaking ceremony for a memorial for North Korean soldiers who fought alongside Russian troops in Russia’s Kursk region during Moscow’s ongoing war with Ukraine, KCNA said.

“The years of militant fraternity, in which a guarantee has been provided for the long-term development of the bilateral friendship at the cost of precious blood, will advance non-stop,” Kim said, according to KCNA. Challenges by the “domination and tyranny” cannot hinder the two countries’ ties, he added.

The event was the latest public honouring of North Korean troops who fought in Russia to repel an incursion by Uk

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