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North Korea provides Russia artillery for the Ukraine war as U.S. hands Kyiv ammunition seized from Iran
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Kyiv — North Korea has begun transferring artillery to Russia, bolstering Vladimir Putin’s forces as they continue their 20-month invasion of Ukraine, a U.S. official tells CBS News.
Kim told Putin during that meeting that he could count on North Korea’s “full and unconditional support” for Russia’s “sacred fight” to defend its security interests — an apparent reference to the assault on Ukraine.
Kim was widely expected to ask Putin for cash and food to shore up North Korea’s anaemic economy in exchange for his support for Moscow’s assault on Ukraine, but also weapons and space technology.
One senior South Korean official told CBS News before the summit that Seoul was concerned Kim could be looking to acquire technology from Russia to build nuclear-powered submarines and more advanced rockets and satellites, in addition to cooperation on conventional weapons.
The bullets were seized in December 2022 by the U.S. Navy from a ship heading from Iran to Yemen, where Tehran backs Houthi rebel forces involved in that country’s grinding civil war.
With further U.S. funding for Ukraine frozen for now amid the battle over the federal government’s budget, the Biden administration has used the transfer of the Iranian ammunition as a workaround to continue supporting Kyiv.
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