North Korea delivers 14,000 soldiers and 100 rockets to Russia

North Korea delivers 14,000 soldiers and 100 rockets to Russia

North Korea sent soldiers and millions of ammunition, including rockets and floors, to Russia last year. This emerges from a new report of an international surveillance committee, which shows in detail the extent to which Pyongyang Moscow supported in order to "terrorize" the population of Ukraine during the three -year war.

scope of military support

The report was published on Thursday by the Multilateral Sanction Monitoring Team (MSMT), an initiative that consists of 11 member states of the United Nations. It was launched after Russia had forced the dissolution of a previous UN committee that monitored the implementation of sanctions against North Korea.

While some of the results of the team are well documented - such as the posting of North Korean troops to support Russia - the report describes the astonishing extent and the amount of armaments that have been sent in Ukraine from Pyongyang since Russia's invasion. This includes up to 9 million artillery floors and ammunition for 2024, more than 11,000 soldiers last year and another 3,000 soldiers in the first months of this year. In addition, rocket launchers, vehicles, self -driving guns and other heavy artillery as well as at least 100 ballistic rockets were supplied that were used in Ukraine to destroy civilian infrastructure and to terrorize inhabited areas such as Kiev and Saporischchja.

unlawful cooperation between North Korea and Russia

The report states: "These forms of illegal cooperation between North Korea and Russia contributed to the fact that Moscow was able to expand its rocket attacks on Ukrainian cities, including targeted attacks on critical civil infrastructure." In return, Russia provided North Korea valuable armaments and technologies, including air defense systems, anti -aircraft missiles, electronic combat systems and refined oil.

In addition, Moscow made feedback on the ballistic rockets of North Korea, which has improved the performance of rocket management. These actions "enable North Korea to finance its military programs and further develop its programs for ballistic rockets, which in turn are prohibited by several UN Security Council resolutions, and receive practical experience in modern warfare," said the report.

violations of UN sanctions

The knowledge is based on the data of the participating states of the MSMT and rely on evidence of the open source center, a non-profit organization based in Great Britain, as well as Conflict Armament Research, a research institution based in Great Britain. Both countries violate the UN weapon embargo and transfer arms and military equipment through actors and networks that bypass sanctions. The sub -committee found that the two countries will continue their military cooperation "at least in the foreseeable future.

urgent appeal for diplomacy

In a joint statement, the member states of the MSMT - including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, South Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States - North Korea to participate in "significant diplomacy".

Western governments are increasingly concerned about the long -term consequences of a in -depth strategic partnership between the two nations. In the past few months, the United States has warned that Russia may be about to share advanced spatial and satellite technology with North Korea.

admission of Putin's participation

In April, Russian President Vladimir Putin first recognized that North Korean soldiers were involved in the fights for the reconquest of Russian areas after Ukraine entered the Kursk region last year. North Korea also confirmed its troop presence there in April. Although the North Korean troops had been used in Kursk since at least November, they withdrew from the front line in January after reports on high losses appeared.

Both countries have denied that Pyongyang delivers weapons to Moscow, despite overwhelming evidence. In the context of a pioneering defense package that was closed last year, however, you have undertaken to use all available funds in order to provide immediate military support in the event of an attack. Putin warned that he would supply North Korea with weapons if the West continues to upgrade Ukraine.

In the past few weeks, the allies of Ukraine have lifted a ban on Kiev to fire long -term missiles after day after days of Russian massive air strikes on the capital of Ukraine and other regions, while the United States has increasingly frustrated with Putin.