North Korea

Participation of North Korea in the Russo-Ukrainian war

5 March 2022 - North Korea has launched a missile, the 9th since the beginning of the year

15 August 2022 - Putin announced the expansion of bilateral relations between Russia and North Korea

6 September 2022 - Russia buys artillery shells from North Korea - US intelligence

7 September 2022 - White House: We have no confirmation of Russia's purchase of weapons from North Korea

22 September 2022 - North Korea has said it has never supplied weapons or ammunition to Russia

4 October 2022 - North Korea recognized the "referendums" and supported the annexation of part of Ukraine

7 November 2022 - North Korea again denied the supply of military aid to Russia

8 November 2022 - North Korea has started sewing winter uniforms for the Russian military

22 December 2022 - The head of the British Foreign Ministry: Putin is asking North Korea for weapons, this is a sign of desperation

20 January 2023 - The US has handed over evidence to the UN that North Korea is helping Russia with weapons

27 January 2023 - Kim Jong-un's sister: North Korea stands "on the same battlefield" with Russia

30 March 2023 - White House: Russia wants to get weapons from North Korea in exchange for food

24 May 2023 - The head of the PMC Wagner offers Russia the way of North Korea in order not to lose the country

12 June 2023 - North Korea seeks to strengthen strategic cooperation with Russia

14 June 2023 - The Russian Federation resumed oil exports to North Korea after a two-year break

26 July 2023 - The Minister of Defense of Russia met with the Minister of Defense of North Korea

3 August 2023 - White House: Russia wants to buy artillery shells from North Korea

7 August 2023 - Hackers from North Korea hacked the computers of the Russian manufacturer of cruise missiles

15 August 2023 - The US has warned Russia against military rapprochement with North Korea

16 August 2023 - The US has imposed sanctions on companies involved in arms trade between Russia and North Korea

20 August 2023 - North Korean hackers attacked US and South Korean military exercises

12 September 2023 - The US has threatened new sanctions against North Korea and Russia in case of arms transfer

14 September 2023 - ISW: Putin portrayed cooperation with North Korea too neutrally to avoid additional sanctions

14 September 2023 - The EU is ready to take measures against North Korea for military aid to Russia

19 September 2023 - The US does not believe Russia and North Korea that they did not conclude an agreement on the supply of weapons

25 September 2023 - Blinken: Russia's cooperation with North Korea is becoming more dangerous

28 September 2023 - US State Department: Negotiations between Russia and North Korea on the provision of weapons are progressing

13 October 2023 - White House: North Korea transferred 1,000 containers of military equipment to Russia

18 October 2023 - Lavrov came to North Korea for talks

18 October 2023 - Lavrov called the people of North Korea brotherly

19 October 2023 - Lavrov advised Russians to rest in North Korea

26 October 2023 - South Korea, Japan and the United States have confirmed that North Korea supplies Russia with weapons

26 October 2023 - British intelligence: Russia is yet to be determined how to thank North Korea for ammunition

26 October 2023 - Lithuanian Foreign Minister: North Korea has already supplied Russia with more ammunition than the EU has supplied to Ukraine

1 November 2023 - South Korea: North Korea transferred a million artillery shells to Russia

3 November 2023 - The EU is deeply concerned about North Korea's military assistance to Russia

12 November 2023 - President of South Korea: North Korea has a relationship with Russia's war against Ukraine

16 November 2023 - North Korea and Russia continue to expand cooperation

22 November 2023 - North Korea launched its first spy satellite

22 November 2023 - G7 ministers condemned North Korea for launching ballistic missiles and cooperating with Russia

23 November 2023 - Seoul said that North Korea received help from Russia to launch a spy satellite

20 December 2023 - The US ambassador to NATO: North Korea delivered more than a thousand containers with ammunition to Russia

4 January 2024 - WSJ: Russia is already buying ballistic missiles from North Korea

4 January 2024 - The US promises to punish North Korea and Iran for helping Russia with ballistic missiles

5 January 2024 - Britain condemned Russia's use of North Korean missiles against Ukraine

5 January 2024 - The Air Force of Ukraine has not yet confirmed Russia's use of missiles from North Korea

9 January 2024 - The White House confirmed that Russia continues to fire North Korean missiles at Ukraine

10 January 2024 - The heads of foreign affairs of 47 countries condemned the supply of ballistic missiles to Russia from North Korea

12 January 2024 - The United States imposed sanctions due to Russia's supply of ballistic missiles to North Korea

15 January 2024 - North Korea announced the test of a hypersonic solid-fuel missile

18 January 2024 - The White House is wary of a radical change in threats from North Korea due to cooperation with the Russian Federation

18 January 2024 - North Korea announced the test of an underwater nuclear drone

21 January 2024 - ISW: Russia steps up relations with North Korea to buy more artillery shells

22 January 2024 - Britain has provided the UN with photo evidence of North Korean arms deliveries to Russia

23 January 2024 - NYT: The US and NATO are concerned about the possible supply of missiles from North Korea to Russia

25 January 2024 - North Korea tested a new strategic cruise missile

27 January 2024 - Hungary said it had not received evidence of North Korea's supply of weapons to Russia

28 January 2024 - North Korea fired cruise missiles off its east coast for the second time in a week

7 February 2024 - In the morning, the Russians hit Kharkiv with North Korean missiles

11 February 2024 - North Korea announced the development of new guided projectiles for a missile launcher

16 February 2024 - The Russian Federation has already launched 24 ballistic missiles from North Korea over Ukraine

20 February 2024 - Hundreds of parts from Europe and the USA were found in the North Korean missile that Russia used to attack Ukraine

22 February 2024 - It is estimated that Russia has already launched more than 20 Hwasong-11 missiles from North Korea over Ukraine

27 February 2024 - South Korea: North Korean factories are working at full capacity to supply weapons to Russia

29 February 2024 - Components of Western and Chinese companies were found in the missiles from North Korea, which the Russian Federation used to attack Kyiv

18 March 2024 - China, Iran, North Korea and Venezuela congratulated Putin on his election victory

18 March 2024 - South Korea: North Korea sent 7,000 containers of military aid to Russia

26 March 2024 - Russia supplies oil directly to North Korea in exchange for weapons

28 March 2024 - The US imposed sanctions against a company from the Russian Federation for financing North Korea's weapons program

1 April 2024 - Pentagon: North Korea continues to provide weapons to Russia

2 April 2024 - North Korea tested a ballistic missile for the third time since the beginning of the year

7 April 2024 - The US believes that North Korea can improve its weapons because of the war in Ukraine

25 April 2024 - Reuters: China provides berth for Russian ship carrying North Korean weapons

29 April 2024 - The UN confirmed that Russia violated sanctions and hit Kharkiv with a missile from North Korea

2 May 2024 - Reuters: Russia supplies North Korea with oil to bypass UN restrictions

12 May 2024 - South Korea: North Korea has sent 6,700 containers of shells to Russia since September

16 May 2024 - The US imposed sanctions on Russians who helped Moscow get weapons from North Korea

24 May 2024 - Japan imposed sanctions against Russia for purchasing weapons from North Korea

26 May 2024 - Russia is helping North Korea develop a reconnaissance satellite

10 June 2024 - Putin is planning a visit to North Korea

14 June 2024 - South Korea: North Korea sent almost 5 million artillery shells to Russia

17 June 2024 - The White House is concerned about deepening relations between Russia and North Korea

18 June 2024 - Putin flew to North Korea to meet with Kim Jong Un

19 June 2024 - NATO is concerned about the Russian Federation's possible support for North Korea's missile and nuclear programs

20 June 2024 - White House: The partnership agreement between Russia and North Korea should worry China

21 June 2024 - South Korea said that the amount of weapons for Ukraine depends on the cooperation of the Russian Federation with North Korea

27 June 2024 - South Korea introduced new sanctions against ships and companies from Russia and North Korea

23 July 2024 - The Russian Federation and North Korea are strengthening cooperation in the judicial sphere

26 July 2024 - Bloomberg: North Korea's economy revived thanks to arms trade with Russia

27 July 2024 - ISW: Iran and North Korea are providing Russia with lethal aid for the war in Ukraine

21 September 2024 - Defense forces of Ukraine destroyed thousands of tons of ammunition, including from North Korea, at two warehouses in Russia

29 September 2024 - North Korea has said that US military aid to Ukraine is an "incredible mistake

3 October 2024 - Kim Jong-un has threatened nuclear weapons if anyone encroaches on North Korea's sovereignty

4 October 2024 - Western intelligence believes that Russia receives half of the shells from North Korea

11 October 2024 - Several thousand North Korean soldiers undergo training in the Russian Federation

14 October 2024 - Zelensky announced the inclusion of North Korea in the war

15 October 2024 - The USA is concerned about the possible participation of North Korean troops in the war in Ukraine

16 October 2024 - North Korea reported 1.4 million mobilized young men who are ready for a holy war

16 October 2024 - NATO cannot confirm the participation of the North Korean military in the Russian Federation's war against Ukraine

18 October 2024 - South Korea believes North Korea likely sent civilian personnel to Russia, not troops

18 October 2024 - South Korean intelligence: 1,500 special forces from North Korea are already in Russia

18 October 2024 - The British Prime Minister called the participation of North Korean troops in the war an act of Russian desperation

20 October 2024 - Austin does not confirm sending North Korean soldiers to Russia to fight Ukraine

20 October 2024 - Western components were found in a North Korean missile shot down in Ukraine

23 October 2024 - Austin: The Pentagon already has evidence of the transfer of North Korean soldiers to Russia

23 October 2024 - Germany summoned a North Korean diplomat over the participation of North Korean troops in the war in Ukraine

23 October 2024 - Against the background of the arrival of the North Korean military, Russia decided to threaten South Korea

23 October 2024 - Austria summoned the ambassador of the DPRK due to data on North Korean troops in the Russian Federation

23 October 2024 - White House: North Korea has sent at least 3,000 troops to Russia

25 October 2024 - Bloomberg: South Korean intelligence believes that North Korea is preparing a new batch of troops to help the Russian Federation

25 October 2024 - Kirby: Probably, the North Korean military was transferred to Kurshchyna, but it is not known for what purpose

28 October 2024 - NATO confirms the presence of North Korean soldiers in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation

28 October 2024 - Pentagon: North Korean soldiers have been moved closer to Ukraine, they may enter the battle in a few weeks

29 October 2024 - The President of Lithuania on NATO's response to North Korean troops in Russia: Indecision leads to escalation

29 October 2024 - CNN: The US urged China to pressure North Korea to return troops from the Russian Federation

29 October 2024 - Pentagon: A certain number of North Korean troops are already present in Kurshchyna

29 October 2024 - Biden said that Ukraine should respond if North Korean troops cross the border

30 October 2024 - North Korean troops were deployed 50 km from the Ukrainian border in Kurshchyna

30 October 2024 - Austin: Putin will not be able to defeat Ukraine, even with the support of North Korea

31 October 2024 - Germany threatened North Korea with sanctions for participating in the war against Ukraine

31 October 2024 - The USA declares the presence of 8,000 North Korean troops in the Kursk region

1 November 2024 - Congress calls on the US and NATO to consider the possibility of attacking North Korean forces in Ukraine

5 November 2024 - FT: Near Kursk, the first clash between the Armed Forces of the People's Republic of China and the North Korean military took place

6 November 2024 - Reuters: The United States confirmed the participation of North Korean troops in the battles in Kurshchyna

8 November 2024 - NATO condemned the direct participation of North Korean troops in the war against Ukraine

10 November 2024 - NYT: 50 thousand troops of Russia and North Korea are preparing for a large-scale offensive in Kurshchyna

13 November 2024 - South Korea announced that the North Korean military is already conducting military operations against Ukraine in the Kursk region

13 November 2024 - ISW: North Korean soldiers fight alongside Russians in the Kursk region

16 November 2024 - FT: North Korea provided Russia with half a hundred Koksan self-propelled guns and 20 self-propelled guns

17 November 2024 - Bloomberg: North Korea may send up to 100,000 troops to help Russia

17 November 2024 - The USA allowed long-range strikes only on the territories of the Russian Federation, where there are North Korean troops

21 November 2024 - WSJ: A North Korean general was wounded by a Ukrainian strike in the Kursk region the previous day

21 November 2024 - BBC: Since March, Russia has supplied North Korea with more than a million barrels of oil in exchange for military aid

22 November 2024 - South Korea: Russia supplied North Korea with anti-aircraft missiles in exchange for its troops

23 November 2024 - CNN: Russia hits Ukraine with North Korean missiles with Western components

24 November 2024 - Armed Forces: The North Korean military has already participated in battles against the Armed Forces in Kurshchyna

25 November 2024 - Pentagon: There are no signs of North Korean military presence on the territory of Ukraine

25 November 2024 - Reuters: North Korea is increasing the production of missiles with which Russia is firing at Ukraine

27 November 2024 - USA: North Korea will provide Russia with more ballistic missiles and heavy equipment

29 November 2024 - Ukrainian intelligence: North Korea has already delivered 100 ballistic missiles, 100 artillery systems and 5 million projectiles to Russia

30 November 2024 - The leader of North Korea promised Russia his unwavering support in the war against Ukraine

2 December 2024 - North Korean troops in Russia are commanded by 3 North Korean generals, 2 thousand soldiers are already in combat units

2 December 2024 - So far, Russia has fired approximately 60 North Korean ballistic missiles at Ukraine

2 December 2024 - Currently, the Pentagon has not recorded the active participation of North Korean troops in battles against Ukraine

9 December 2024 - Pentagon: North Korean troops remain in the Kursk region on alert

14 December 2024 - The Russians in the Kursk region threw the North Korean infantry into battle

15 December 2024 - The Armed Forces showed dozens of North Korean soldiers killed in Kurshchyna

15 December 2024 - Ukrainian intelligence: the Russian army has lost three dozen North Korean soldiers in Kurshchyna in recent days

16 December 2024 - The Pentagon confirmed the first losses of North Korean troops in battles against Ukraine

17 December 2024 - South Korea imposed sanctions against North Korea and Russia for military cooperation

19 December 2024 - South Korean intelligence: 100 North Korean soldiers have already been killed and about 1,000 wounded in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation

22 December 2024 - South Korea: North Korea is preparing to supply kamikaze drones and deploy troops in Russia

23 December 2024 - WSJ: North Korea ramps up weapons production for Russia, plants at full capacity

23 December 2024 - NYT: The United States believes that North Korea was the initiator of sending North Korean troops to the Russian Federation

27 December 2024 - South Korean intelligence: the Armed Forces captured a North Korean soldier

8 January 2025 - USA: North Korea is gaining combat experience in Ukraine for a future war against its neighbors

9 January 2025 - Austin believes that Putin is desperate, and the proof is the North Koreans

11 January 2025 - Ukrainians captured soldiers from North Korea

14 January 2025 - South Korea is ready to take captive North Koreans if they want

19 February 2025 - GUR: In Russia 1000 North Korean soldiers are learning to work with new equipment

26 February 2025 - North Korea sent additional troops to Russia to participate in the war against Ukraine

26 March 2025 - North Korea showed its new reconnaissance and combat drones

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