North Korea ‘covertly’ providing Russia with artillery shells in Ukraine: US
WASHINGTON (AA) – North Korea is secretly providing Russia with artillery shells in its war against Ukraine, the White House has said.
National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby said at a webinar that in September, North Korea publicly denied it intended to provide ammunition to Russia.
“Our information indicates that the (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) DPRK is covertly supplying Russia’s war in Ukraine with a significant number of artillery shells,” Kirby told reporters.
He said North Korea made the arms shipments appear as though they are being sent to countries in the Middle East or North Africa.
“It is not an insignificant number of shells, but we don’t believe they are in such a quantity that they would tangibly change the direction of this war,” he said. “We will continue to monitor whether these shipments are received.”
The official also said Russia continues to look to other actors, including North Korea and Iran, to sustain its “aggressive” war in Ukraine.
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