Anti-Russia Hawks Claim North Korea Is Supplying Russia With Long-Range Rocket & Artillery Systems

The anti-Russia crowd is fearmongering like no other.

According to a Ukrainian intelligence report, North Korea is allegedly supplying Russia’s military with long-range rocket and artillery systems. Several of these military assets have been deployed to Russia’s Kursk region for an attack involving North Korean soldiers to expel Ukrainian military units.

In the past few weeks, North Korea supplied about 50 domestically manufactured 170mm M1989 self-propelled howitzers and 20 updated 240mm multiple launch rocket systems that can shoot standard rockets and guided ones, per the Ukrainian report. 

Michael Kofman, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, claims that North Korea’s move is part of a pattern of Russia and North Korea bolstering military ties, “from sending large volumes of ammunition, weapons, and becoming a direct party to this war, which could help Russian forces retake the Kursk region.”

Kofman called attention to how North Korea has already supplied millions of rounds of artillery ammunition to the Russia military throughout 2023. 

Several Western intelligence reports point to North Korea deploying over 12,000 troops to Russia in 2024. 

North Korea and Russia recently forged an agreement to strengthen economic and military ties. While some of these intelligence reports may be exaggerated with respect to North Korea’s activity during the Russo-Ukrainian conflict, it’s undeniable that Russia and North Korea are building an alliance. 

And you can thank the US’s fanatic foreign policy of militarily encircling and sanctioning them for drawing North Korea and Russia into each other’s orbit. This is the new geopolitical reality of the multipolar order, where countries that grow tired of the degenerate West’s liberal universalist vision end up pacting with Eurasian powers such as China and Russia. That’s the new reality of international relations in the 21st century, and it’s best that policymakers come to grips with these new realities.