North Korea sends over 1 million artillery shells to Russia, Ukraine reports
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In a sign that Russia is running low on its ammunition, North Korea has reportedly supplied Russia with more than 1 million artillery shells, the secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council, Oleksiy Danilov, has said.
During an interview on Ukrainian television on Nov. 2, Danilov remarked that Russia’s military capabilities appear to be diminishing.
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Danilov further dismissed claims that Ukraine is losing support from its international allies, attributing such reports to Russian propaganda.
“Since the first day of the (latest Russian) aggression on Feb. 24, the commitments made by the leaders of (the world’s top) nations remain firm,” he said.
According to a report by news agency Bloomberg on Nov. 1, a North Korean shipment of over 1 million artillery shells to Russia is expected to last the country for two months.
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North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un visited Russia on Sep. 12, coinciding with reports of North Korea's readiness to provide weapons and ammunition to assist Russia in its full-scale war in Ukraine.
On Sept. 13, Kim Jong Un met with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and referred to Russia's war against Ukraine as a “sacred struggle.”
On the same day, the White House disclosed that North Korea had transported approximately 1,000 containers of ‘equipment and ammunition’ to Russia in recent weeks. Satellite imagery published by U.S. newspaper the Washington Post on Oct. 16 revealed Russian ships frequently collecting cargo from North Korea and delivering it to a Russian military port.
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As reported by UK weekly news magazine the Economist, Pyongyang is supplying Moscow with artillery shells and Katyusha rockets.
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