US Says North Korea Is Covertly Sending Artillery Shells to Russia
A television screen at a railway station displays a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test in Seoul, on Nov. 2.
Photographer: Jung Yeon-Je/AFP/Getty Images
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The Biden administration accused North Korea of covertly supplying Russia with artillery shells for use in the Ukraine invasion despite previous denials that it planned to do so.
North Korea has provided Russia a “significant number of artillery shells,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters Wednesday. He said North Korea is trying to mask the shipments’ destination by making it look like they’re going to the Middle East or North Africa.