2023-10-13 19:14:59
According to the US government, North Korea has supplied weapons to Russia for the war once morest Ukraine.
The White House said on Friday that there were more than 1,000 containers with military equipment and ammunition. It is assumed that Pyongyang wants advanced Russian weapons technologies from Moscow in return to expand North Korea’s nuclear program, said National Security Council Communications Director John Kirby.
North Korea is likely to rely primarily on missiles, armored vehicles and equipment for the production of ballistic missiles, said Kirby. “We are closely monitoring whether Moscow will provide these materials to Pyongyang.” It has already been observed that Russian ships have unloaded containers in North Korea. These might possibly represent the first material deliveries from Russia. But that is not guaranteed, explained Kirby.
Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un to the Vostochny cosmodrome in the Russian Far East in September. It has not been officially announced whether agreements have been reached for arms deliveries. At the time, the USA feared that Putin wanted to purchase large quantities of artillery ammunition and rockets from North Korea in order to use them in Russia’s war of aggression once morest Ukraine. In return, Kim might hope for Russian technology for the construction of satellites or nuclear submarines, it was said at the time.
In the past, the USA and allies such as South Korea had repeatedly warned the two countries once morest military cooperation and expressed concern regarding possible arms deals. Any arms trade between Moscow and Pyongyang would violate existing UN resolutions, they warned. “It is crucial that all member states fully comply with the sanctions imposed by the Security Council,” reacted a UN spokesman.
Kirby said the US condemned North Korea for supplying Russia with military equipment. Moscow will use these to attack Ukrainian cities, kill civilians and further fuel an unlawful war. The expanding military partnership between North Korea and Russia is undermining regional stability. “We will not allow North Korea to secretly support the Russian war machine,” said Kirby.
The US government published images on Friday showing the transport of hundreds of containers from North Korea to Russia by ship. According to the White House, the containers were shipped from the North Korean port city of Rason to Dunai, Russia, between September 7 and October 1. The containers were then taken by train to an ammunition depot in southwest Russia, it said. The US government repeatedly publishes targeted intelligence information in view of the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine.
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