North Korea is ‘smuggling ammo to Russia to bolster bloodbath in Ukraine’

GLOBAL outcast North Korea is smuggling ammo to Russia to bolster Putin’s bloodbath in Ukraine, the US has claimed. Washington accused Pyongyang of covertly shipping a “significant number” of artillery shells but insisted it wasn’t enough to halt the tide of Russian retreats. APNorth Korea is smuggling ammo to Russia to bolster Putin’s bloodbath in Ukraine, the US has claimed[/caption] It is latest sign that Moscow is running low on weapons after months of non-stop bombardments. And it follows Ukrainian claims that Russia ordered some 2,400 Iranian drones. North Korea tried to pretend its weapons were bound for buyers in the Middle East and North Africa, US National Security spokesman John Kirby said. He added: “Our indications are that the DPRK [North Korea] is covertly supplying and we are going to monitor to see whether the shipments are received.” READ MORE ON UKRAINE WAR SICKLY VLAD Sickly Putin's hands seen 'turning black' as tyrant 'has Parkinson's' & cancer NUKE THREAT Russia generals plotting ‘when & how’ to use nukes in Ukraine, US spies reveal The US had earlier claimed Russia was trying to buy millions of shells from despot Kim Jong Un, which North Korea denied. Western officials have repeatedly claimed Russia is running out of hi-tech missiles that need hi-tech western parts blocked by sanctions. Kirby insisted the latest shipments were not enough to “change the direction of this war”. He also said the shells would fail to “change the momentum either in the east or in the south,” where Putin’s troops suffered their worst defeats at the hands of Ukraine’s defenders. Read More on The Sun SAVVY SAVER I did a £5 shop at Aldi to last me all week - here’s everything I got NO KIDDING I'm 17 & already a mum... trolls say I only got pregnant to get benefits It came as North Korea blasted 23 missiles into the sea, including one that landed less than 40 miles of South Korea’s coast. It was the first time a ballistic missile had landed that near the South’s waters since the peninsula was divided in 1945, and the most missiles fired by the North in a single day.