North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met with special operations forces that fought for Russia in its war against Ukraine on Saturday, according to state media, holding up the elite troops as a model for the entire DPRK military.

According to state media on Sunday, the leader inspected the headquarters of the 11th Corps of the Korean People’s Army (KPA) in Tokchon on the previous day, accompanied by Vice-Chairman of the Central Military Commission Pak Jong Chon.

Briefed by the corps commander on “the plan of the military action of the large combined unit in view of indifferent operations,” Kim