US Politics | North Korea is ‘smuggling ammo to Russia to bolster bloodbath in Ukraine’
GLOBAL outcast North Korea is smuggling ammo to Russia to help with Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, it is claimed. The US says the country's leader Kim Jong Un is secretly shipping a "significant number" of artillery shells, but insisted they are not enough to halt the series of Russian retreats. APNorth Korea is smuggling ammo to Russia to bolster Putin's bloodbath in Ukraine, the US has claimed '/ ' It is the latest sign the invaders are running low on weapons. And it follows Ukrainian claims that Russia ordered some 2,400 Iranian drones. North Korea tried to pretend the weapons were bound for buyers in the Middle East and North Africa, US National Security spokesman John Kirby said. He added: "Our indications are it is covertly supplying. READ MORE ON UKRAINE WAR CLINGING ON Putin made 'catastrophic errors' in Ukraine war but tyrant hanging on to power NUKE THREAT Russia generals plotting 'when & how' to use nukes in Ukraine, US spies reveal Western officials have repeatedly claimed Russia is running out of hi-tech missiles due to sanctions. Meanwhile, ex-Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says Russia will protect itself and spark a global nuclear war if Ukraine tries to retake land annexed by Putin. It came as North Korea blasted 23 missiles into the sea as tensions with South Korea rise again. POLAND is building a 130-mile border fence with Russian enclave Kaliningrad amid fears Putin will push illegal migrants that way. AFPWashington accused Pyongyang of covertly shipping a ...significant number' of artillery shells to Russia (pictured: Russian soldiers in Mariupol) '/ ' GettyThe US insisted the North Korean shells ammo wasn't enough to halt the tide of Russian retreats '/ ' EPAIn the east and south of Ukraine Putin's troops have suffered their worst defeats (pictured: a destroyed Russian tank on the outskirts of Kyiv) '/ '
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