North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said North Korea’s involvement in the Russian-Ukraine war was justified, referring to to exercise sovereign rights to defend a ‘Brother of the Nation’as the official Pyongyang News Agency (KCNA) reports today.

“Our involvement in the conflict was fair and falls under the sovereign rights of our Republic”said Kim. ‘I consider all the brave soldiers involved in the operation in Kursk (ed. the Russian region in which Ukrainian forces invaded last August) orThose and highest representatives of the honor of the nation »fill in.

Kim Jong Un also said Pyongyang will not hesitate to approve the use of military violence if the US insists on ‘Military challenges’ against Russia.

By the end of April, North Korea did not officially confirm that he had sent more than 10,000 soldiers and weapons in Russiaas military cooperation between the two states was significantly reinforced in the context of Corporate Relationship Agreement signed last year by Kim Jong Un and the Russian president Vladimir Putin.