War in Ukraine: Report: North Korea supplies the heaviest artillery to Russia

In addition to thousands of soldiers, North Korea has now provided its ally Russia with the heaviest artillery pieces to fight against Ukraine, according to a media report. In the past few weeks, almost 50 heavy self-propelled howitzers from North Korean production as well as almost 20 multiple rocket launchers have arrived in Russia, as the “Financial Times” reported, citing reliable sources. North Korea’s longest-range guns have now arrived near Kursk to support the Russian counteroffensive against invading Ukrainian units. The “Koksan” howitzers, which were spotted at a Russian train station a few days ago, have a range of up to 50 kilometers.

According to Western and Ukrainian military experts, Russia has already assembled almost 50,000 soldiers for the counteroffensive near Kursk, including over 10,000 North Korean fighters. They were recently further trained in Russia and equipped with Russian uniforms and weapons. Near Kursk, the Russian military wants to retake territory that Ukrainian troops have held since the summer after a surprise advance across the border.

Russia has been waging a war of aggression against Ukraine for almost 1,000 days and occupies almost 20 percent of the neighboring country’s territory. These territorial gains were bought at the cost of sometimes heavy losses in soldiers and weapons systems, so that Moscow recently received massive support from North Korea.