In exchange for food: DPRK has accelerated the supply of shells to the Russian Federation
The official emphasized that there was anxiety about the intended supply of Russia's weapons to Russia for its war against Ukraine, while the country destroyed by the war was faced with a lack of ammunition due to the delay of the West's military assistance.
"While weapons of North Korea are working for 30 percent due to lack of raw materials and electricity, some plants operate at full capacity that mainly produce weapons and shells for Russia," Shin said during a meeting with journalists on Monday. He said that North Korea sent about 6700 containers to Russia after the summit between the DPRK leader Kim Cenn and the head of the Kremlin Vladimir Putin in September.
This amount was sufficient to accommodate approximately 3 million shells of a caliber 152 mm or 500 thousand shells of 122 mm caliber. Tire said that in exchange for weapons to Russia, North Korea seems to receive food and other necessary things, as well as raw materials and parts used in weapons production. It is assumed that the volume of containers from Russia to North Korea will be about 30 percent higher than the one that went from North Korea to Russia during this period.
"It seems that food has the highest share (supply from Russia), which is believed to stabilize food prices in North Korea," the minister said. If Russia's dependence on ammunition and the DPRK's weapons increases, tires have predicted that the volume of military technological assistance of the Russian Federation is likely to expand in the future. According to him, it is unknown whether Russian military technology will be offered with aircraft and land equipment looking for North Korea.