Pyongyang shipped more than 10,000 containers of munitions to Russia – US State Department
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North Korea “has delivered more than 10,000 containers of munitions or munitions-related materials to Russia” since September 2023, according to the U.S. State Department’s Feb. 23 press release “Responding to Two Years of Russia’s Full-Scale War on Ukraine and Navalny’s Death.”
Russia has imported shipping containers carrying military-related cargo from the DPRK through Vostochny Port for use in the Ukraine conflict since early October 2023. Specifically, more than 7,400 containers of munitions and munitions-related materials have been delivered to Russia through the VOSTOCHNAYA STEVEDORING COMPANY LLC (VSC)-owned terminal at Vostochny Port. Containers of munitions and munitions-related materials have also been delivered to Russia through the nearby DUNAY PROBABLE NAVAL MISSILE FACILITY.
The Department will continue to disrupt and expose arms transfers between the DPRK and Russia. As part of that ongoing effort, the Department is designating two additional entities that have been involved in the transfer of munitions from the DPRK to Russia.
North Korea has been accused of supplying ballistic missiles and hundreds of thousands of artillery shells to Russia following Vladimir Putin’s meeting with Kim Jong-un in September.
According to Defense Express, Moscow may have received KN-23 ballistic missiles, which are similar to the Russian Iskander-M, from Pyongyang. Meanwhile, U.S. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said that Russia likely struck Ukraine with North Korean ballistic missiles on Dec. 30, 2023, and Jan. 2 and 6, 2024.
South Korea’s representative to the UN, Hwang Joon-kook, said that North Korea is using Ukraine as a “testing ground” for ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads.
Ukrainian Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin stated on Jan. 11 that the Prosecutor General’s Office had received the first evidence of the Russian army using missiles from North Korea.
North Korea is the largest supplier of weapons to Russia, chief of Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence Kyrylo Budanov said in an interview with the Financial Times published on Jan. 21.
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