North Korea Sends Nearly 5 Million Artillery Shells to Russia, With More Expected During Putin’s Visit

North Korea has likely sent nearly 5 million artillery shells to Russia and might agree to send even more during Vladimir Putin’s upcoming visit to Pyongyang.

This was reported by the Minister of Defense of South Korea Shin Won-sik in an interview with Bloomberg.

Seoul has identified over 10000 shipping containers sent from North Korea to Russia. These containers potentially contain up to 4.8 million artillery shells similar to those used by Putin in the bombardment of Ukraine.

“Putin is expected to seek closer security cooperation with North Korea, especially military supplies such as artillery shells that are necessary to seize a chance to win,” Shin said.

In exchange for munitions, Russia provided North Korea with technology support for the deployment of spy satellites, along with supplying conventional arms like tanks and aircraft.

On May 27, North Korea attempted to launch its second spy satellite into orbit. This attempt was unsuccessful, as the newly developed rocket engine exploded during flight.

Seoul reports that Putin’s visit to North Korea could happen as early as next week.

It’s also known that Russia received missiles from North Korea. According to Ukrainian intelligence Russia launched around 50 North Korean missiles on Ukraine.