Ukraine has revealed major weaknesses in North Korea’s arms aid to Russia

This is revealed in a survey carried out by the Ukrainian authorities.

Out of a total of 50 North Korean ballistic missiles fired at Ukrainian territory, 21 of the missiles exploded in the air long before hitting the ground.

– About half of the North Korean missiles lost their programmed trajectories and exploded in the air, Andrij Kostin, head of the prosecutor’s office in Ukraine, told Reuters.

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North Korea is one of Russia’s main suppliers of arms and ammunition, along with Iran, which has supplied the Putin regime with thousands of Shahed drones.

Thousands of North Korean containers

No one knows exactly how large quantities of weapons material have been exported from North Korea to Russia, but according to Western intelligence it may be a question of significant quantities.

In April, the British think tank Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) published satellite images indicating that since August 2023, Russian ships have moved thousands of North Korean containers to Russian ports. It is believed that these may have contained huge amounts of North Korean weapons, according to Reuters.

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Helping Putin on the battlefield

Many of the arms shipments contain artillery ammunition, of which the Russian army uses enormous quantities. According to military analysts, the strength ratio is one to ten in Russia’s favor when it comes to the number of shells fired per day.

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Thanks to ammunition deliveries from North Korea, Putin’s war machine has been able to continue its intense bombardment against both military and civilian targets.

Using Ukraine as a weapons laboratory

Now stg shows you that the North Korean weapons are not as good as the Russians had hoped for, writes Ukrainska Pravda.

Although North Korean missiles account for a small part of Russia’s missile attacks, there is concern that the regime in Pyongyang can use the battlefield in Ukraine as its war laboratory and test its own weapons there. In this way, they can draw useful experience and adapt and modernize their weapons.

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Develops nuclear weapons

Although many of North Korea’s ballistic missiles have been found to miss their targets, half of the missiles have hit their targets, killing many Ukrainians. In addition, Kim Jong-Un’s arms deliveries have helped to lay parts of the Ukrainian infrastructure in ruins.

North Korea has been subject to severe sanctions and is on the UN’s list of countries that violate human rights. North Korea is also developing its own nuclear weapons program. It is suspected that the country receives help from Russia in return for its arms deliveries.