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Russian military jet visits North Korea amid troop deployment to Kursk

Expert says short stopover in Pyongyang likely shuttled military personnel as allies ramp up cooperation against Ukraine
Anton Sokolin November 7, 2024
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Russian military jet visits North Korea amid troop deployment to Kursk
The Russian Il-62M (RA-86561) | Image: Aero Icarus via Flickr, (CC BY-SA 2.0)

A Russian air force jet made a quick stopover in North Korea’s capital on Thursday, a trip that one expert said was likely related to the DPRK’s troop deployment in support of Moscow’s war in Ukraine.

The Ilyushin Il-62M arrived at Pyongyang’s Sunan International Airport from Vladivostok around 10:30 a.m. KST and stayed less than an hour, departing at 11:26 a.m., Flightradar24 data shows.

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