DPRK transfers more than 100 ballistic missiles and hundred artillery systems to Russia - DIU
The DPRK has handed over more than 100 ballistic missiles, 100 artillery systems and millions of shells to Russia, Ukrainian intelligence has reported.
This was reported by Interfax-Ukraine with reference to the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, Censor.NET reports.
Significant amounts of weapons have been moved to Russia from North Korea, including more than 100 short-range ballistic missiles of the Kn-23/24 type, more than 100 artillery systems and more than 5 million large-caliber artillery rounds.
"On October 3 this year, the DPRK began supplying artillery systems to the Russian Federation. In total, more than 100 units of various types of equipment have been moved, including: 170-mm self-propelled artillery systems M-1989, 240-mm multiple launch rocket systems M-1991. Also, the supply of large-caliber artillery ammunition and short-range ballistic missiles of the Kn-23/24 type continues (as of November this year, more than 5 million units and 100 units, accordingly, have been delivered)," the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine reports.
Reportedly, more than 60 units of 170-mm M-1989 Koksan self-propelled artillery systems have also been moved from the DPRK to Russia. Part of this equipment is planned to be delivered to the Saratov Higher Artillery Command School, probably for training.
"There is currently no information on the condition of these artillery systems," the intelligence added.
Earlier, Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the UN, Serhii Kyslytsia, said that the DPRK had already handed over more than 20 thousand containers of weapons to Russia, including 100 KN-23/KN-24 missiles.
