Russia in Ukraine War-North Korea
Highlights
- Russia’s arms shortage
- Can buy from North Korea
- America claimed in a report
Russia-Ukraine War: Russia’s Defense Ministry is preparing to buy millions of rockets and artillery shells from North Korea for the ongoing war in Ukraine. This has come to the fore in a US intelligence report. A US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said on Monday that Russia’s move to isolated North Korea reflects that “the Russian military is facing supply shortages in Ukraine due to various export restrictions and sanctions”. has been.’ US intelligence officials believe that Russia may also buy additional military equipment from North Korea in the future.
The ‘New York Times’ newspaper first published a news based on this intelligence report. The US official did not give any information regarding how many weapons Russia wants to buy from North Korea. The news comes at a time when US President Joe Biden’s administration confirmed in August that the Russian military had received drones from Iran for use in Ukraine. North Korea has sought to strengthen ties with Russia and blames the US for the Ukraine crisis.
Russia justifies attack on Ukraine
It defended Russia’s military action in Ukraine, saying Russia’s actions against the West’s “hegemony policy” were for self-defense. North Korea has also shown interest in sending laborers to help rebuild Russian-held areas in the country’s east. North Korea’s ambassador to Russia recently met envoys from two Russian-backed separatist regions in Ukraine’s Donbass region and assured cooperation with regard to “sending workers”.
Recognized the independence of Donetsk-Luhansk
North Korea was the only country, apart from Russia and Syria, to recognize the independence of Donetsk and Luhansk in July, and support Russia over the war in Ukraine. Russia, on the other hand, has drastically cut gas to avenge the sanctions imposed on itself by Western countries due to the Ukraine war. Due to which European countries are facing huge energy crisis. There has been power going out for several hours. Now that the winters are approaching, the governments have started expressing concern about the further escalation of the crisis.
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