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The White House released photographic evidence, claiming that North Korea had already sent a thousand containers worth of military equipment and ammunition to Russia before the summit with Russia last month.
It was also revealed that Russia may have provided supplies to North Korea in return.
Correspondent Wang Zongmyeong reports from Washington.
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John Kirby, the White House National Security Council coordinator, released three satellite photos along with a map, saying that North Korea had secured information that Russia had provided weapons to be used in the war in Ukraine.
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″According to our information, North Korea has provided over 1,000 containers worth of military equipment and ammunition to Russia in recent weeks.″
The White House explains that the satellite photo shows the process of a Russian ship carrying a container containing weapons from North Korea to its final destination, an ammunition depot in southeastern Russia.
First, on September 7th and 8th, 300 containers were piled up at the dock of Rajin Port in North Korea.
The White House later explained that in a photo taken on September 12, a ship carrying 300 containers was anchored in Dunai Port in eastern Russia, and next to it was another ship carrying containers to be sent to North Korea.
The last photo taken on October 1st was of a train carrying containers arriving at an ammunition depot in Tikhoretsk, southeastern Russia.
Since the first photo was taken on September 7, North Korea’s weapons support had already begun before September 10, when North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-un departed for a summit meeting with Russian President Putin.
The White House determined that the weapons provided by North Korea would be used in the war in Ukraine, given that the ammunition depot where the container arrived was located approximately 290 km from the Ukrainian border.
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″We condemn North Korea for providing the weapons it will use to attack Ukrainian cities, kill Ukrainian civilians, and further exacerbate Russia’s illegal war.″
The White House said that North Korea wants weapons production equipment and advanced technology from Russia in return for weapons support, and that Russia may have already provided materials to North Korea.
This is Wang Jong-myeong from MBC News in Washington.
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2023-10-13 22:10:45