North Korea is ‘smuggling ammo to Russia to bolster bloodbath in Ukraine’
GLOBAL outcast North Korea is smuggling ammo to Russia to help with Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, it is claimed.
The US says the country’s leader Kim Jong Un is secretly shipping a “significant number” of artillery shells, but insisted they are not enough to halt the series of Russian retreats.
It is the latest sign the invaders are running low on weapons.
And it follows Ukrainian claims that Russia ordered some 2,400 Iranian drones.
North Korea tried to pretend the weapons were bound for buyers in the Middle East and North Africa, US National Security spokesman John Kirby said.
He added: “Our indications are it is covertly supplying.
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Western officials have repeatedly claimed Russia is running out of hi-tech missiles due to sanctions.
Meanwhile, ex-Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says Russia will protect itself and spark a global nuclear war if Ukraine tries to retake land annexed by Putin.
It came as North Korea blasted 23 missiles into the sea as tensions with South Korea rise again.
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