(Washington) North Korea has delivered “more than 1,000 containers” of military equipment and ammunition to Russia in recent weeks, a White House spokesperson said Friday.
This material will be used to “attack Ukrainian cities and kill Ukrainian civilians,” denounced John Kirby, spokesperson for the American National Security Council, during an interview with journalists.
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US National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby
The American executive has published an infographic which it says illustrates the journey of certain containers from a port in North Korea to a Russian depot near the Ukrainian border.
John Kirby indicated that in exchange North Korea was also seeking to obtain Russian military equipment and “sophisticated technologies”, in particular planes, missiles, armored vehicles and equipment used for the production of ballistic missiles.
PHOTO FOURNIER BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT VIA AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
This image released by the US government on October 13 allegedly shows the transfer of military equipment from North Korea to Russia.
The United States has “already observed the unloading of containers by Russian ships in North Korea, which could constitute the first deliveries” of Russian military equipment.
“This growing military partnership between North Korea and Russia, including through technology transfers […] threatens the stability of the region and the international non-proliferation regime,” the spokesperson further declared.