Putin's flight detachment may be involved in the supply of North Korea missiles - the media
On January 11, the United States imposed additional restrictions on Russian representatives. This time - against three organizations, three aircraft and one individual. Washington explained new sanctions involvement in the transfer of the Russian Federation of North Korean ballistic missiles.
Washington's black list was supplemented by the Armed Forces of Russia Ashuluk in the Astrakhan region, the Volodymyrivka Military Research Complex, and the head of the Russian State Company "224 Flight Squad" Vladimir Mikhaychyk was added to this list. In addition, the US Ministry of Finance Control Department has imposed sanctions against three aircraft of military transport aviation command: IL-76MD, AN-124 and IL-76.
"224th flight detachment"-a structure controlled by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, which deals with the transportation of tuples of officials, including the head of the Kremlin Vladimir Putin. In May 2023, the 223 and 224th flight units were under US sanctions, as they were transporting Russian military and mercenary mercenaries from Wagner PEC. The US sanction lists found 37 aircraft of the first detachment and 41 - the second.
According to Bloomberg, the DPRK management plans to transfer the Russian Federation to new types of tactical controlled missiles - the ballistic missiles of the near radius. They were first tested in April 2022, the flight range of these shells-about 100-180 km. Recall that GUR comment on the transfer of ballistic missiles of the DPRK of the Russian Federation as a confirmed fact.