North Korea has been accused of supplying ballistic missiles and hundreds of thousands of artillery shells to the Russians for the war in Ukraine following Vladimir Putin’s meeting with Kim Jong Un in September 2023.
Russian ships are loading at a North Korean port, confirmed by satellite imagery. This is stated in a report published in The Guardian.
“The UK has provided satellite photographs of North Korean cargo shipments to Russia to a panel of UN experts as part of an attempt to launch a formal investigation into arms sales agreements that breach international sanctions, ” said the report.
North Korea has been accused of supplying ballistic missiles and hundreds of thousands of artillery shells to the Russians for the war in Ukraine following Vladimir Putin’s meeting with Kim Jong Un in September 2023.
The publication suggests that bilateral relations between dictatorial countries are expanding; in particular, the day before, Putin met in the Kremlin with North Korean Foreign Minister Cho Son Hui during his visit to the Russian Federation. It is reported that at the meeting they discussed “further development of relations in all areas, including sensitive ones.”
It was also noted that the published British intelligence report contained photographs taken between September and December, in which three Russian ships – Maya, Angara And Maria – the containers are loaded at the North Korean port of Najin before moving to Russian ports.
The agency could not identify the contents of the containers, but the US previously announced that ballistic missiles from North Korea were used by Russia in Ukraine last week, and the UN said this was in violation of several UN resolutions. UN Security Council.
The report, along with other evidence from the US and other countries, was given to a panel of UN experts on North Korea’s disarmament.
It is reported that next month the experts should publish their first final report on this issue against the backdrop of already available information about the transfer of weapons from the DPRK to Russia.
Let’s recall that in September 2023, Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un held a meeting at the Vostochny Cosmodrome. A few hours later, the DPRK began a large-scale supply of shells to Russia.
It has also been reported that the Russians have received ballistic missiles from North Korea and have fired them at Ukraine.
The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate, Kirill Budanov, said that North Korea is the largest supplier of weapons to Russia.
Source: korrespondent
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