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The museum has put on display captured Ukrainian military equipment belonging to North Korean soldiers who died in the war whilst serving in the Russian army

The museum has put on display captured Ukrainian military equipment belonging to North Korean soldiers who died in the war whilst serving in the Russian army

27 April 2026, 20:00

The museum has put on display captured Ukrainian military equipment belonging to North Korean soldiers who died in the war whilst serving in the Russian army — Museum of North Korean Soldiers

North Korea has opened a museum dedicated to soldiers who died in the war against Ukraine. It features displays of captured military equipment, presumably seized from the Ukrainian Defence Forces.

This is reported by ‘Military’.

Among the equipment on display at the museum are Leopard 2A4 and M1A1 Abrams tanks, Marder infantry fighting vehicles, AMX-10RC armoured reconnaissance vehicles, VAB armoured personnel carriers, as well as armoured vehicles with enhanced mine protection, including Turkish Kirpi vehicles.

More about the museum in North Korea

In October 2025, North Korea held a foundation-laying ceremony for a memorial museum in Pyongyang in honour of its servicemen who died in the war against Ukraine.

During his speech at the ceremony, Kim stated that Pyongyang would ‘always stand with Moscow’ to reaffirm the development of bilateral relations and to highlight the role of its troops in the war against Ukraine.

The day before, the Speaker of the Russian State Duma, Vyacheslav Volodin, arrived in the DPRK to take part in the opening ceremony of the ‘memorial complex and museum of military exploits’ in Pyongyang on Sunday, 26 April, and to ‘honour’ the North Korean soldiers who fought against Ukraine in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation.

Following this, Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov also arrived in North Korea — he took part in the museum’s grand opening and laid flowers alongside Kim Jong-un at the graves of North Korean soldiers.

The complex was officially opened on 26 February — a day known in the DPRK as the ‘anniversary of the liberation of Kursk’.

As a reminder, it was previously reported that North Korea could have earned up to $14.4 billion from the participation of its troops in the Russia-Ukraine war and the export of weapons to Russia.

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