The US government has accused the Russian private military company Wagner of procuring rockets and missiles from North Korea in connection with its invasion of Ukraine.
Both Wagner and North Korea have denied this, but there is a view that Wagner's role is expanding further as the Russian military continues to run out of weapons.
White House Strategic Communications Coordinator Kirby accused North Korea of supplying Russian private military company Wagner with weapons that could be used in Ukraine. showed.
The weapons Wagner purchased were infantry rockets and missiles that North Korea allegedly shipped to Russia in November, Kirby said, violating UN Security Council resolutions banning the export of weapons. , warned North Korea to immediately stop the arms trade.
He also accused Wagner of sending 50,000 soldiers to Ukraine, including 40,000 ex-convicts.
Regarding this, Mr. Prigozin, the representative of Wagner, commented on SNS, "Everyone knows that North Korea has not supplied weapons to Russia for a long time. It is just speculation." A spokesperson for the agency also denied the allegations, saying, "It's groundless."
Prigozhin, who is said to be close to President Putin, will take on the role of procuring weapons from abroad as the Russian military faces a shortage of weapons in order to increase his influence, the US think tank War Research Institute said on the 22nd. It is pointed out that there is a possibility that
In addition, it is said that Wagner has sent many fighters to Bakhmut, a fierce battlefield in the eastern Donetsk region, where Russia has shown a strong desire to seize control. I am analyzing that there is.