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Russia said on Thursday that it planned to build close ties with North Korea in all areas, a day after South Korea, Japan and the United States condemned what they said were weapons supplies from Pyongyang to Moscow.
Asked about the accusation by the three countries, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: “There are many such reports, they are all groundless as a rule, there are no specifics. Such reports have been around for a long time. We see no point in commenting on this.”
He added: “North Korea is our neighbour and we continue and will continue to develop close relations in all areas.”
‘Nuclear war killer’ US stirring pot with Russia and China, North Korea says
Pressed on whether weapons deliveries had taken place, Peskov said: “We don’t comment on this in any way.”
North Korea’s munitions shipments come as Russia resumes its so-called “human wave” tactics in its continuing war against Ukraine.
The strategy involves throwing “masses of poorly trained soldiers right into the battlefield without proper equipment, and … without proper training and preparation”, Kirby said. He added that the decision shows that Russia has “no regard for the lives of its own soldiers” and that where Russia is making progress, it is “very scant and short”.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a summit in Russia in September at which they discussed military matters, the war in Ukraine and possible Russian help for the secretive state’s satellite programme.
The United States and its allies have voiced concern that Kim could provide weapons and ammunition to Russia, which has expended vast stocks in its 20-month war in Ukraine.


The UK’s defence ministry said in a post on X on Thursday that North Korea has sent more than 1,000 containers of munitions to Russia over the past several week and is on track to become one of Russia’s biggest foreign arms suppliers.
If North Korea keeps up the “recent scale and pace of military-related shipments”, the dictatorship would be “on course to become one of Russia’s most significant foreign arms suppliers, alongside Iran and Belarus”, the intelligence said.
The UK’s assessment echoes that of the White House.
National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said earlier this month that the US believes North Korea wants Russian military help – including fighter aircraft, armoured vehicles, ballistic missile production equipment, and surface-to-air missiles – in exchange for weapons.
Biden trying to meet North Korea’s Kim ‘without preconditions’
Kirby said the US is closely monitoring whether Moscow delivers on Pyongyang’s expectations, adding that “we have already observed Russian ships offloading containers in the DPRK, which may constitute … the initial deliveries of material from Russia”.
Kirby said a military alliance between Russia and North Korea could undermine “regional stability and the global non-proliferation regime” and that the US is sanctioning the two countries.
Additional reporting by Business Insider


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The US and its allies have voiced concern that Kim Jong-un could provide weapons and ammunition to Russia
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said reports of weapons supplies from Pyongyang were ‘groundless’


Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said reports of weapons supplies from Pyongyang were ‘groundless’ and that ‘we continue … to develop close relations in all areas’ with North Korea.


Russia says it will build close ties with North Korea ‘in all areas’

The US and its allies have voiced concern that Kim Jong-un could provide weapons and ammunition to Russia Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said reports of weapons supplies from Pyongyang were ‘groundless’

The US and its allies have voiced concern that Kim Jong-un could provide weapons and ammunition to Russia

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said reports of weapons supplies from Pyongyang were ‘groundless’