Since August, the DPRK has set up more than 2.5 million ammunition: CSIS has opened details
Analysts have studied hundreds of commercial satellite images from August 2023, which indicate a long supply of a large number of ammunition from North Korea to Russia. In particular, CSIS found that the movement of vessels between Nagin in North Korea and the Danube and the Eastern port in Russia continues. In addition, analysts have identified some changes in the activity of ships between the DPRK and the Russian Federation.
"We have found that at least 25 different visits to Nadjin were made from August 2023 to load ammunition from North Korea, which were to be delivered to Russia," the report said. It is reported that at least 19 "dark vessels" - vessels with AIS transmitters off to avoid external detection - visited the Eastern port in Russia to unload and load containers at the port. According to the data, more than 2. 5 million artillery shells and other ammunition were transported during these flights.
Analysts pointed to the rapid expansion of the infrastructure of the Tikhoretsky ammunition, the wealth of ammunition and the Yegorlytsky airfield, which was converted to ammunition composition to store ammunition closer to the front line. The study also showed the "unprecedented" number of railway cars of different types present at the North Korean railway object of the Tumangan and the Russian railway object Hasan.
We will remind, on February 23 at the State Department of the USA reported that since September 2023 10 thousand containers with ammunition and "related materials" were delivered to Russia from the DPRK. According to the South Korean Defense Minister Tire Sica, the DPRK supplies Russia's ammunition in exchange for the need for food and other essentials. He noted that North Korea factories operate at full capacity, and the supply of shells to the Russian Federation has accelerated.