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Putin Awards Kim Jong Un Medal for “Victory in the Great Patriotic War”

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Putin Awards Kim Jong Un Medal for “Victory in the Great Patriotic War”
Russia’s leader Vladimir Putin shakes hands with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un during their meeting at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Amur region on September 13, 2023. (Source: Getty Images)

Putin awarded North Korean leader Kim Jong Un with the “80th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945” medal. The ceremony took place on Thursday at the Mansudae Assembly Hall in Pyongyang.

This was reported by The Moscow Times, citing a report on VKontakte from the Russian Embassy in North Korea.

The medal, awarded to Kim Jong Un by a decree of leader Vladimir Putin dated September 2, 2024, was presented to Kang Yong Sok, deputy head of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly of North Korea.

According to the decree, Kim Jong Un made a “significant personal contribution” to preserving the memory of Soviet citizens who perished and were buried in North Korea. The award was presented by the Russian Ambassador to North Korea, Alexander Matsegora. Kang Yong Sok conveyed Kim Jong Un’s gratitude and stated that the gesture reaffirmed the “high level of comprehensive strategic partnership” between the two regimes.

In June 2024, Putin was awarded the highest state honor of North Korea, the Order of Kim Il-sung, during a ceremony in Pyongyang. The award was personally presented to the Russian leader by Kim Jong Un.

On December 14, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that Russia had deployed North Korean soldiers for the first time to attack Ukrainian positions in Russia’s Kursk region.

On March 18, Ukraine’s 14th Separate UAV Brigade reported that Ukrainian forces successfully identified and targeted three North Korean-produced Koksan self-propelled artillery systems in Russia’s Kursk region.

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