North Korea has committed its 'full and unconditional support' for Russia as Moscow and Pyongyang cultivate closer ties with one another.
Russia is shipping 'hundreds of containers likely packed with North Korean armaments,' new satellite images indicate, which could bolster Russia's cache of sorely needed weapons and boost its war effort against Ukraine.'Dozens of high-resolution satellite images taken in recent months reveal that Russia has likely begun shipping North Korean munitions at scale,' a new report from the London-based Royal United Services Institute think tank said on Monday.
The 'final destination of these shipments' looks to be an ammunition depot in the Russian town of Tikhoretsk, in the southern Krasnodar region. It's around 120 miles from the border with Ukraine.Newsweek has reached out to the Russian defense ministry for comment via email.Moscow has been courting closer relations with Pyongyang since it launched its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. North Korea has in turn said Russia has its 'full and unconditional support.
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