The large-scale training exercise appeared to be a direct response to the annual Freedom Shield war games held by the U.S. and South Korea.
An unknown number of North Korean paratroopers are said to have been injured last month during a high-profile military exercise meant to demonstrate that Kim Jong Un's forces were 'fully prepared for war.
The Kremlin, a historical Cold War ally, is thought to be assisting Pyongyang's expanding spy satellite program. In return, Western governments say, Russia has received North Korean-made weapons—ballistic missiles and artillery rounds—which have been used during Russia's war with Ukraine.Moscow and Pyongyang both deny trading arms, an act that would violate multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions, including those supported by Russia.
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