{"id":1370130,"date":"2026-03-16T16:09:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T14:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/russian-aid-from-the-dprk-how-many-shells-did-pyongyang-transfer\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T16:09:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T14:09:36","slug":"russian-aid-from-the-dprk-how-many-shells-did-pyongyang-transfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/russian-aid-from-the-dprk-how-many-shells-did-pyongyang-transfer\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian aid from the DPRK: how many shells did Pyongyang transfer?"},"content":{"rendered":"

North<\/span> Korea<\/span> has transferred<\/span> between<\/span> 8<\/span> and<\/span> 11<\/span> million<\/span> artillery<\/span> shells<\/span> and<\/span> missiles<\/span> to Russia<\/span> for<\/span> the war<\/span> against<\/span> Ukraine.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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This<\/span> was<\/span> reported by<\/span><\/a> the publication “<\/span> Important<\/span> Stories”<\/span> based on<\/span> the results of<\/span> a joint<\/span> investigation<\/span> with<\/span> analysts<\/span> from the Open<\/span> Source<\/span> Centre.<\/span><\/p>\n

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According to<\/span> their<\/span> data,<\/span> over<\/span> two<\/span> and<\/span> a half<\/span> years,<\/span> Moscow<\/span> has received<\/span> more than<\/span> nine<\/span> million<\/span> rounds of ammunition from<\/span> Pyongyang<\/span> .<\/span> Some of<\/span> the supplies<\/span> are confirmed<\/span> by documents<\/span> on<\/span> the movement<\/span> of Russian<\/span> ships<\/span> that<\/span> transported<\/span> containers<\/span> with<\/span> weapons<\/span> from<\/span> DPRK<\/span> ports<\/span> .<\/p>\n

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Investigators<\/span> have determined<\/span> that<\/span> at least<\/span> four<\/span> Russian<\/span> dry cargo ships –<\/span> the Angara,<\/span> Lady<\/span> R,<\/span> Maya<\/span> -1,<\/span> and<\/span> Maria – were involved<\/span> in the transportation<\/span> .<\/span> They<\/span> made<\/span> at<\/span> least<\/span> 112<\/span> trips<\/span> between<\/span> Russia<\/span> and<\/span> North<\/span> Korea.<\/span><\/p>\n

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According to<\/span> analysts<\/span> ,<\/span> the<\/span> containers<\/span> contained<\/span> 122<\/span> and<\/span> 152<\/span> mm<\/span> artillery<\/span> shells<\/span> for<\/span> Soviet<\/span> guns,<\/span> missiles<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> Grad multiple<\/span> launch<\/span> rocket<\/span> systems<\/span> ,<\/span> as<\/span> well as<\/span> tank<\/span> ammunition.<\/span><\/p>\n

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According<\/span> to<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> intelligence,<\/span> deliveries<\/span> began<\/span> in<\/span> 2023.<\/span> By<\/span> early<\/span> 2025<\/span> ,<\/span> North Korean<\/span> ammunition<\/span> had become<\/span> critically<\/span> important<\/span> to<\/span> the Russian<\/span> army –<\/span> on<\/span> some<\/span> days<\/span> it<\/span> accounted for<\/span> 75<\/span> %<\/span> to<\/span> 100%<\/span> of<\/span> all<\/span> shells<\/span> fired<\/span> by<\/span> Russian<\/span> troops<\/span> at<\/span> the front.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Analysts<\/span> also<\/span> note<\/span> that<\/span> the volume<\/span> of deliveries<\/span> could<\/span> have been<\/span> even<\/span> greater,<\/span> as<\/span> some of<\/span> the flights<\/span> were disguised<\/span> as<\/span> commercial<\/span> shipments<\/span> to<\/span> other<\/span> ports.<\/span><\/p>\n

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At the end<\/span> of<\/span> 2025<\/span> , the pace<\/span> of deliveries<\/span> began<\/span> to decline.<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> intelligence<\/span> attributes<\/span> this<\/span> to the depletion<\/span> of ammunition<\/span> stocks<\/span> in<\/span> the DPRK,<\/span> as<\/span> well as<\/span> the growth of<\/span> Russia<\/span> ‘s own<\/span> production<\/span> of shells<\/span> .<\/span><\/p>\n

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It was previously reported that North Korean military personnel continue to participate in Russia’s war against Ukraine on the side of the aggressor country. As of January 2026, units of the North Korean army are located in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation, from where they carry out attacks on border communities in Ukraine.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Recall that North Korea this year transferred half as much artillery ammunition to Russia as in 2024, and this may indicate a rapid depletion of its reserves.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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North Korea has transferred between 8 and 11 million artillery shells and missiles to Russia for the war against Ukraine. This was reported by the publication “ Important Stories” based on the results of a joint investigation with analysts from the Open Source Centre. According to their data, over two and a half years, Moscow […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":946574,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76874],"class_list":["post-1370130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1370130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/946574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1370130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1370130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}