He talked about it in an interview. “Radio Freedom”published November 8, commenting on the corresponding White House statement.
“Well, think about how desperate Russia must be if it is to get ammunition from North Korea. In my opinion, two or three things don’t add up,” Hodges said.
He recalled that the DPRK has recently actively launches rocketsdemonstrating threatening actions against South Korea.
“Would North Korea seriously start distributing large quantities of artillery ammunition when they threaten South Korea? It makes no sense,” the general said.
He also drew attention to the difficulty of delivery in this case.
“Will China allow the transport of ammunition by train from North Korea or will it transport it from North Korea to Vladivostok? And then you have to swim around or deliver it with wagons from Vladivostok. We don’t know what the quality of this ammunition is,” he said. called Hodges.
At the same time, he acknowledged, “Russia is desperate and seeks help wherever possible”.
“For me, the first indication that they were in trouble dates back to March, when they looking for volunteers from Syria. He’s already reported what problems they have, ”Hodges said.
On November 2, White House National Security Council Strategic Communications Coordinator John Kirby said so Pyongyang is secretly supplying Russia with artillery shells for use in the war against Ukraine. According to Kirby, the DPRK hides the true destination of the arms shipments, trying to make it appear that they are going to the countries of the Middle East.
On the same day, similar allegations were made by US State Department representative Ned Price. According to him, what Russia looking for new ways to supply weapons, speaks of the “need for the Russian Federation to go beyond its own production”. He promised that the United States would take the same measures against North Korea that it uses to prevent Iran from supplying arms to Russia.
November 5th Reuters in reference to data The 38 North think tank reported that from North Korea to Russia for the first time in years a train came. However, it is impossible to determine its purpose from the satellite images of the train.
North Korea he denied US allegations of arms supplies to Russia.
On November 8, the media reported that North Korean businesses started operating orders of winter clothing for the Russian army fighting in Ukraine.
