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North Korea has started shipping military equipment to Russia for its war effort in Ukraine and the United States believes Moscow may be supplying Pyongyang with military assistance in return, a senior White House official said Friday.
Between Sept. 7 and Oct. 1, Pyongyang shipped more than 1,000 containers of military equipment from Najin, North Korea to Dunay, Russia, according to National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby. He did not spell out how the United States obtained the information.
The equipment was moved by rail to a Russian ammunition facility in the town of Tikhoretsk in southwestern Russia, roughly 180 miles from the Russian-Ukrainian border.
"We condemn the DPRK for providing Russia with this military equipment," Kirby said, referring to North Korea.