"Suffering Ukrainians": The United States has imposed sanctions through the supply of ballistic missiles from the DPRK to the Russian Federation

North Korea's decisions to give the Russian weapons undermine the global regime of non -proliferation, and also aggravates the situation in Ukraine, the US State Department assures. On January 11, the US State Department decided to impose sanctions against three Russian organizations and one individual involved in the supply and test of North Korea ballistic missiles for use by Russia against Ukraine. This was stated by the Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.

The decision to give Russia ballistic missiles, as he emphasized, increases the risks of suffering of the Ukrainian people. In addition, this solution undermines the global non -proliferation regime. Blinken stated that the United States continues to closely monitor any support that Russia provides the DPRK in exchange for this weapon.

The US authorities will use all available tools to identify and install persons and organizations involved in the appropriate supply of weapons between North Korea and Russia. "We will take further actions without hesitation," Blinken emphasized. In addition to the possible supply of small range ballistic missiles, North Korea can sell new types of tactical guided missiles in the Russian Federation.

According to South Korea, the DPRK, as of the end of December 2023, provided about 5,000 weapons containers to Russia, which can accommodate about 2. 3 million shots of 152 mm shells or about 400,000 shots of 122 mm artillery shells. We will remind, on January 11 in GUR declared that the Russian Federation reached the production indicator of two million ammunition per year. The invaders still have a shortage of ammunition of 500 thousand shells a year. It is covered with Belarus, Iran and the DPRK.