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Ukrainian servicemen have been seen using North Korean missiles, which they say were seized from a “friendly” North Korean country, before being sent to Ukraine, the Financial Times reported today.
According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, the weapons were probably captured by the Russians, the newspaper added.
The U.S. has accused North Korea of providing weapons to Russia, including alleged shipments by sea, without citing evidence, and North Korean weapons are not often seen on the battlefields of Ukraine.
North Korea and Russia deny having made arms deals.
But Ukrainian troops using Soviet-made Grad rocket launchers near the destroyed eastern city of Bakhmut, the site of prolonged fierce fighting, have shown the North Korean weapons, the British newspaper said.
The Financial Times recalls that Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu made an unusual visit to Pyongyang this week to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the Korean War, the first visit by Russia’s highest-ranking defense official since the 1991 breakup. of the former Soviet Union.
According to Reuters, during his visit, Shoigu was photographed inspecting banned North Korean ballistic missiles with leader Kim Jong Un at a military exhibition in Pyongyang, a sign of deepening ties between the two countries at a time when each is facing off against the United States.
(BTA, Svetoslav Tanchev)
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