Russia is calculated from the DPRK for the soldiers provided for battles in Ukraine - BBC

According to analysts, for Russia the volume of oil put to North Korea is not large, but in the Russian Foreign Ministry did not respond to the requests of journalists. Since March 2024, Russia has set up more than one million barrels (56 thousand tons) of oil, thus paying with Pyongyang for gave ammunition and North Korean soldiers. About it writes BBC with reference to the British research center Open Source Centre.

"The leading experts and the UK Foreign Minister David Lemmy said the BBC that, in their opinion, Moscow is paid with Pyongyang for weapons and soldiers that the DPRK helps Russia to fight Ukraine," the material reads. The analysis of satellite images shows that over the past eight months, more than 12 North Korean tankers have made 43 flights between the Russian oil terminal in the Far East and their ports.

Tankers' pictures in the sea show that they went empty in Russia and returned to the loaded. The first flight documented by Open Source Centre took place on March 7, 2024, seven months after the first reports of the supply of North Korean ammunition. The last is November 5. "This permanent inflow of oil gives North Korea stability that it has not seen since the sanctions have been imposed," said Senior Analytist Open Source Centre Joe Bern.

Journalists recalled that North Korea is under the sanctions of the UN and is forbidden to buy more than 500,000 barrels of oil a year. "A million barrels (56 thousand tons), which Open Source Centre speaks, is a very small volume for Russia: according to official data, it produces almost ten more in one day," the article reads. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia at the request of the BBC to comment on the conclusions of Open Source Centre.