US accuses North Korea of ​​sending weapons to Russia for war in Ukraine

The United States accused this Wednesday North Korea to be sending a “significant” amount of projectiles to Russia for the war in Ukrainebut he is still not sure that they have been received by the Russian troops.

John Kirbyone of the White House spokesmen, explained that USA has information about these arms shipments and assured that North Korea is diverting those deliveries to countries in the Middle East and North Africa to hide that his goal is to help Russia in the war in Ukraine.

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Asked by the press, Kirby said that the United States is closely monitoring those arms deliveries to see if they end up in Russian hands.

The spokesman refused to offer details on the number of projectiles that North Korea is allegedly providing Russia and he limited himself to saying that it is an amount “significant”.

Kirby claimed that those deliveries of North Korea are “bad news”, but “they will not change the course of the war” because the Ukrainians still have the “ability and capabilities” to defend against Russia.

Ukraine it has received a large quantity of weaponry from the West since the start of the Russian invasion in February.

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The United States alone has provided $18.2 billion in military aid to Ukraine since the president Joe Biden he arrived at the White House in January 2021, a number that has increased significantly since the start of the war.

According to Kirby, the fact that Moscow turns to countries like North Korea and Iran to receive weapons shows the poor state of Russia’s military reserves after eight months of war in Ukraine.

In October, the United States, the European Union (EU) and NATO formally accused Iran of supplying Russia with drones for the war in Ukraine, something that Tehran and Moscow deny.

In addition, the US assured the same month that Iranian soldiers had moved to the peninsula of crimea to teach Russian military how to use those drones.

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“We do not want any nation to help Russia in this war, in any way, shape or form.” Kirby remarked.

The spokesman did not provide details on how North Korea is transporting those arms deliveries or if it is being done by air, sea or land, and he refused to explain whether the United States or other nations will try to intercept those shipments to prevent them from reaching Russian hands.

He assured, however, that the US is studying a “broad range” of measures to make Iran and North Korea accountable for their help to Russia and pointed out that these actions could be adopted within the framework of the United Nations.

Source: Elcomercio

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