INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
North Korea has sent Russia at least 13,000 shipping containers believed to be carrying arms since mid-2022, the South Korean news agency
intelligence agency was quoted as saying by Yonhap.According to the report, the containers had the capacity to hold more than 6 million
152-millimeter artillery shells
Military analysts previously said Ponyang may have also shipped 120mm mortars, 122mm artillery shells and 122mm rockets to Russia.The United
States and its allies accuse North Korea of supplying ammunition and missiles to Russia for its war against Ukraine.Moscow and Pyongyang
have denied the allegations
However, during a visit to North Korea earlier this summer, President Vladimir Putin signed a mutual defense agreement with North Korean
leader Kim Jong Un.Putin has also threatened to send weapons to Pyongyang over Western military aid to Ukraine, prompting Washington and
Seoul to express unease over the potential to destabilize the Korean Peninsula.Moscow is believed to be interested in buying North Korean
