It's been widely expected Pyongyang would start sending arms to Russia after the country's leaders met last month and pictures released in Washington appear to back up those predictions.
North Korea has sent large amounts of weapons to Russia to help Moscow fight its war in Ukraine, the White House has said. Pyongyang has delivered more than 1,000 containers of 'equipment and munitions' in recent weeks, National Security Council Spokesperson John Kirby said on Friday. Washington released pictures that it said showed containers loaded with arms on a Russian-flagged ship before being moved by train to southwestern Russia.
Images dated 5 October, the Washington thinktank said, showed 'a dramatic and unprecedented level of freight railcar traffic' at the Tumangang Rail Facility, on the country's border with Russia. More than 70 railcars were identified, the centre said, whereas only around 20 were visible over the previous five years. The US has accused North Korea of previously providing ammunition, artillery shells and rockets to Russia.
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