Russia uses in SMO has less than a third of its shells, mostly North Korean

Only 30% of shells fired The Russian Armed Forces have recently been Russian-made as part of a special operation. This is reported by Bloomberg.

This is stated in the documents of South Korean intelligence with reference to representatives of Ukrainian intelligence, the agency reports.

"Of the remainder, 60% came from North Korea, and 10% were produced in Iran," the documents state.

According to the documents, since August last year, Pyongyang has sent about 8 million North Korean-made shells of 122 and 152 mm caliber to Russia. In addition, for the first time on the battlefield on About 100 Hwasong-11 missiles and Bulsae-4 anti-tank weapons were found in Ukraine.

"This is significantly more than some European estimates of the volume of North Korean weapons supplied to Russia, according to a government official familiar with the matter,"the agency notes.

As reported by EADaily, at a press conference on the final day of the BRICS summit in In Kazan, Russian President Vladimir Putin commented on the possibility of the North Korean military being on Russian territory. The journalist who asked the question referred to satellite images circulated in the Western media, which allegedly depicted the DPRK military, and asked what the DPRK military were doing here, they say, isn't this an escalation?

Answering the question, Putin recalled the ratification by the Russian State Duma of the strategic partnership agreement with North Korea.