“The possibility of additional purchases such as rockets and shells … purchase of North Korean weapons, a violation of the North Korean resolution”
(Washington = Yonhap News) Correspondent Lee Sang-heon Kang Byung-cheol Kim Dong-hyun = The US government confirmed on the 6th (local time) that Russia had sought to purchase millions of ammunition, including shells and rockets, from North Korea for use in the Ukraine war.
He also criticized North Korea and Russia, a permanent member of the Security Council, for violating sanctions, citing that the UN Security Council’s resolution on sanctions once morest North Korea bans North Korea’s arms exports.
“We are choking Russia’s military supply chain,” White House press secretary Karin Jean-Pierre said at a briefing on Tuesday, saying that sanctions once morest Russia were working. We have to depend on it,” he said.
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When asked if there was any evidence that Russia was using North Korean weapons in Ukraine, John Kirby, the White House’s National Security Council Strategic Communications Coordinator, said at a video briefing, “We have signs that Russia is in the process of purchasing.”
“There is clearly no indication that the weapon is being used in Ukraine,” he said.
As for the size of the weapons Russia intends to purchase, “according to our information, we believe it might include millions of rockets and shells,” he said.
Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder said: “Yes, we have signs that Russia has contacted North Korea for ammunition.” said
Earlier, US intelligence officials said in a recently released secret information that Russia was purchasing millions of shells and rockets from North Korea for use in the Ukraine war.
However, the exact type of weapon and the time and scale of transportation were not disclosed.
A spokesperson for Ryder also said, “We cannot provide more detailed information at this time” when asked for further clarification.
But he said the situation “shows the situation Russia is in in terms of logistics and sustainable capabilities related to Ukraine.”
“The fact that Russia is reaching out to North Korea is a sign that they are facing some challenges in terms of the continuity of the war,” he said.
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“The Russian military is in the process of purchasing millions of rockets and shells from North Korea for use in the Ukraine war,” Vedant Patel, senior deputy spokesperson for the State Department, said at a briefing. It shows that they are suffering.”
“We expect Russia to purchase additional North Korean military equipment in the future,” he said.
When asked whether the North Korean military’s weapons were actually used, he said, “I haven’t heard of it,” and said, “There is no new information regarding the use.”
“This case is in violation of several Security Council sanctions resolutions once morest North Korea that prohibit UN member states from buying North Korean weapons,” said Patel, senior deputy spokesperson.
Such explanations from the White House, the Department of Defense, and the State Department of the United States are interpretations that show that Russia has reached the limit of its own production capacity of weapons and war materials to the extent that Russia is reaching out to North Korea, and that the war situation is not running as expected.
Russia is also known to have imported military UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) from Iran last month, and the US has evaluated many of them as defective.
The United States views Russia as a situation in which its own production capacity has deteriorated because Russia is in a shortage of key parts due to export control sanctions from the West and is isolated from international trade.
Since North Korea is already subject to numerous sanctions from the UN and the international community, it may have decided that it has nothing to lose even if it exports weapons that violate UN resolutions.
“Is it the first time Russia has requested a weapon from North Korea?” and “What North Korea can actually provide to Russia,” Ryder said, while refraining from commenting, “We don’t have an answer.” “The information is that Russia had contact with North Korea, and there is no further information,” he said.
As to whether there are other countries or powers that Russia is in contact with, he said, “I can’t say at the moment,” he said.
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