Fathers died on the front line

Putin sends children on North Korean vacation

Russian President Vladimir Putin was received with great jubilation in North Korea.(Bild: APA/AFP/POOL/Gavriil GRIGOROV)

Children of Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine have been sent on vacation to North Korean vacation camps - Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin announced with obvious pride.

It was a "true act of care and friendship", emphasized the Russian president during his state visit to Pyongyang on Wednesday. He thanked "our Korean friends and above all comrade Kim Jong-un for organizing vacation camps for children of participants who were killed during the special military operation".

Russia describes the offensive in Ukraine as a "special military operation". According to the Russian head of state, the children were sent to the Sondowon vacation camp on the Pacific coast of North Korea.

This is what the Sondowon vacation camp on the Pacific coast of North Korea looks like:

"There's the sea over there, and it's warm"
 Months ago, the governor of the Russian region of Primorye in the far east of Russia had already reminded schoolchildren of similar practices in Soviet times: "When we were your age, we went there, there were good camps in Korea.

So maybe we'll arrange to send some children to pioneer camps. There's the sea over there, and it's warm," said Governor Oleg Koschemjako at the time.

As a result, the "Russian League for a Safe Internet" said it received a flood of complaints from concerned parents ...