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North Korea is ‘covertly’ shipping a ‘significant’ number of artillery shells to Russia to bolster the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine, the White House has said.
US National Security spokesman John Kirby said Pyongyang is attempting to obscure the consignments by ‘trying to make it appear as though they’re being sent to countries in the Middle East or North Africa’.
He declined to provide a specific estimate on the quantity of ammunition being sent and told reporters the intelligence services are ‘monitoring this to determine whether the shipments are actually received’.
Mr Kirby insisted the deliveries are ‘not going to change the course of the war’, citing Western efforts to resupply the Ukrainian military.