North Korea will send thousands of military construction workers and sappers to Russia's Kursk region to help rebuild it after a Ukrainian incursion that North Korean troops helped Moscow repel this year,

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un approved deploying the personnel to assist in rebuilding Kursk Oblast’s damaged infrastructure. Talks between Russia and North Korea also secured cooperation for Kursk Oblast’s restoration,

Secretary of the Russian Security Council Sergei Shoigu arrived in North Korea on June 17 on special instructions from President Vladimir Putin. He is to hold talks with the DPRK leadership, including the country's leader Kim Jong Un "as part of the implementation of the agreements reached during the last visit on June 4,