Russia is buying millions of projectiles and rockets from North Korea, which confirms that the global sanctions imposed on Moscow after its invasion of Ukraine are hindering its usual arms supply lines and it must resort to alternative markets, it reported on Tuesday The New York Times.
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The newspaper cites as a source documents recently declassified by US intelligence that indicate that Moscow has lately been forced to “turn to rogue states for military supplies”.
This information comes days after Russia received initial shipments of Iranian-made drones, some of which US officials said had mechanical problems.
According to New York TimesUS government officials believe Russia’s decision to turn to Iran, and now North Korea, is a sign that sanctions and export controls imposed by Washington and Europe are affecting Moscow’s ability to obtain supplies for your army.
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The newspaper points out that Washington has provided “little detail from declassified intelligence documents about the exact weapons, timing or size of the shipment, and there is still no way to independently verify the sale.”
However, a US official said that, beyond short-range rockets and artillery shells, it is expected that Russia tries to buy additional equipment from North Korea in the future.
“The Kremlin should be alarmed by having to buy anything from North Korea,” Mason Clark, who heads the Russia team at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), an independent US think tank, told the newspaper. Joined.
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The Kremlin should be alarmed at having to buy anything from North Korea
Before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the White House began to declassify intelligence reports on Moscow’s military plans and disclosed that material, first to allies in private and then to the public, the newspaper recalled.
After stopping these revelations, the US government once again began declassifying information to highlight infighting in the Russian military and recent intelligence reports on Iranian drone purchases and Russian military problems recruiting soldiers.
Extensive international economic sanctions, at least so far, have not paralyzed Russia, thanks to the high price achieved for the energy it can still place on the markets.
But US officials said, according to the New York newspaper, that when it came to Russia’s ability to rebuild its military, economic actions by Europe and the United States had been effective.
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US and European sanctions have blocked Russia’s ability to buy weapons or electronics to make those weapons.
Moscow hoped that China would be willing to oppose such export controls and continue to supply the Russian military.
But in recent days, US officials have signaled that while China was willing to buy Russian oil at a discount, Beijing has, so far at least, respected export controls targeting Moscow’s military and has not attempted to sell any equipment. nor military components, pointed out the New York newspaper.
EFE
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