Russia has resumed its own internal supply of winged missiles, but in order not to keep up with the intensity of shelling of Ukraine, it turned to North Korea and Iran.
On Thursday, the White House accused North Korea of granting Russia's ballistic missiles that Moscow began to fire targets in Ukraine, and stated that North Korea was seeking a number of Russian military technologies instead.
A 550 miles were delivered to Russia in North Korea in North Korea in violation of the UN restrictions on North Korea, the White House said, publishing recently declassified intelligence data. Kim Jong -in Government regularly ignores rocket restrictions.
John Kirby, a White House spokesman on national security, said some of the first North Korean missiles were released across Ukraine on Tuesday, although it is unclear what harm they could have caused. In recent weeks, Russia has intensified its missile and unmanned civilian targets and infrastructure in Kiev and other cities, trying to undermine Ukraine's will to fight at the time when Ukraine lacks its own missiles and ammunition.
Such a step in North Korea poses two serious problems to the United States. This indicates that Russia is increasing its own production of rockets with new deliveries at a time when Congress still holds back additional assistance to Ukraine, including artillery and air defense systems. And this indicates that Russia, which once cooperated with the United States, trying to hold back the nuclear and rocket programs of North Korea, now considers the opportunity to help North Korea develop the best delivery systems.
North Korea's technology includes fighter jets and ballistic missiles, Mr. Kirby said. Other American officials have reported that the North is also looking for additional assistance on the radius of action and accuracy of its intercontinental ballistic missiles, which it has repeatedly tested in recent months. But it is unclear whether Russia has agreed to help Northern Europe about these missiles capable of carrying nuclear weapons. In the past, North Korea relied largely on what seemed Russian rockets, but it was never clear how close it cooperated with Russian engineers.
Baiden's administration pressed on legislators on the Capitol Hill to provide Ukraine with another $ 50 billion to finance its military operations this year. The Republican opposition is growing, and party leaders say that they support additional assistance only if Biden administration makes significant concessions in border policy.
Mr. Kirby, speaking in the White House on Thursday, said that the supply of missiles to Russia emphasized the need to transfer new assistance to Ukrainians. The White House claims that there is virtually nothing left of last year's weapons packages. And Mr. Kirby claimed that the card was confidence in America.
“You know who is still looking? Vladimir Putin and President Si in Beijing, ”he said. "They watch whether the United States will be a reliable partner."
There are no comments from North Korea or Russia to declare the White House.
In recent weeks, Russia has intensified attacks on civilian infrastructure. Mr. Kirby said that "massive bombing" drones and rockets struck the maternity hospital, shopping center and residential areas, "killing dozens of innocent people and injuring hundreds."
North Korea and Russia are discussing an increase in weapons sales after Mr Kim's visit to Russia in September. Since then, North Korea has sent hundreds of containers with artillery shells to Russia. But the impact of these ammunition on the battlefield was muted. Many shells, according to Ukrainian and American officials, were old and worked poorly, with high levels of spoilage.
