Russia increases attacks on Ukraine thanks to help from North Korea – Diepresse.com

According to an international group of observers, Russia has been able to strengthen its attacks on Ukraine thanks to North Korean help. Over 20,000 containers with ammunition were delivered to Russia, explained the multilateral sanctions monitoring team (MSMT). Among them are nine million artillery grenades and ammunition for rocket launchers. In addition, North Korea contributed to improving the accuracy of ballistic rockets.

This monitors the compliance with sanctions, which were determined by the UN Security Council. In return, Russia has given North Korea with far -reaching military technology since the end of last year. Among other things, Moscow is said to have delivered at least one mobile anti -aircraft missile system from the Panzir model, according to an expert opinion from the « Multilateral Sanction Monitoring Team » (MSMT). This would be against existing U.N.-Sanctions violate that provide a weapon embargo against North Korea.

The MSMT was founded in October last year on the initiative of South Korea and the United States as an organization for sanction monitoring compared to North Korea after a corresponding UN expert committee had to be dissolved due to the veto of Russia. A total of eleven countries have joined the initiative, including Germany, France, Japan and Canada. The knowledge of the MSMT report is based on the secret service information of its member states.

North Korean soldiers around Kursk

Russian military technology apparently received North Korea in return for his military support in Russia in the Ukraine War. According to Seoul, North Korea had sent at least 11,000 North Korean soldiers to the Russian region around Kursk since last autumn.

In February, the South Korean secret service also suspected a second wave of mobilization of North Korean troops of around 3,000 additional soldiers.

(APA/Reuters/dpa)