More than 7 thousand containers: the DPRK regularly sends weapons to the Russian Federation - the South Korea Defense Ministry

According to the South Korean Defense Minister, North Korea has initially relied on the ship, but has been increasingly using railways for cross -border supply of weapons. Since the beginning of last year, North Korea has delivered about 7,000 containers containing ammunition and other military equipment to Russia. This was stated by South Korea Defense Tire Jon Juice, Sky News reports.

He made this statement during a press conference, which took place shortly after the South Korean military reported the launch of North Korea Ballistic missiles to the eastern waters of the country. Earlier, the United States and South Korea were charged with North Korea, claiming that it had supplied the shells and other Russian military assistance during hostilities. However, as Russia and Pyongyang reject these statements.

Shin noted that at first North Korea was based on sea vessels for cross -border supplies of weapons, but in recent times it has increasingly prefers to use railways. According to him, Pyongyang probably received more than 9,000 containers of assistance in exchange for military support. - Recall that the report of the Institute of War Study of March 2 states that the supply of North Korean weapons to Russia by the sea, apparently, has been paused since mid -February this year.

According to analysts, Russian ships involved in the transfer of the sea of ​​North Korean ammunition and weapons have not entered the port of North Korea "Rason" since February 12. According to the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine of March 7, North Korea has handed over 1. 5 million artillery shells to Russia since last year's meeting Kim Jong Jongn Ina and Vladimir Putin.