A Russian ship with North Korean weapons for Moscow is docked in China

(ANSA) – ROME, APRIL 25 – A Russian cargo ship sanctioned by the United States and implicated in the transfer of North Korean weapons to Russia is moored in China, according to satellite images obtained by Reuters, which publishes them on its website, while the concerns of the United States for Beijing’s support for Moscow’s war in Ukraine. The British think tank Royal United Services Institute (Rusi) says the Russian ship Angara, which has transferred thousands of containers believed to contain North Korean munitions to Russian ports since August 2023, is anchored at a Chinese shipyard in the eastern province of Zhejiang since February. The presence of the ship in the Chinese port, Reuters writes, underlines the challenges facing the United States and its allies in an attempt to stem military and economic support for Russia. The dossier is at the top of the agenda of Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to Beijing in recent days. A US State Department spokesperson said it was aware of “credible, open source reports” that the Angara was currently docked in the Chinese port and had raised the matter with Chinese authorities. (HANDLE).