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North Korea Slashes Shell Shipments to Russia in 2025, Ukrainian Intelligence Says

Ukrainian intelligence attributes the drop to depleted stockpiles with many rounds requiring refurbishment in Russia.

Overview

  • HUR’s Vadym Skibitskyi told Reuters that deliveries have fallen by more than half this year after sustaining Russian fire rates in 2024.
  • No shipments were recorded from North Korea in September, and only limited deliveries were detected in October, according to the assessment.
  • Ukraine’s intelligence cites a cumulative 6.5 million artillery shells sent from North Korea to Russia since 2023.
  • About half of the munitions supplied by Pyongyang were so old they needed reworking at Russian factories, the assessment says.
  • Skibitskyi said North Korea has begun mass-producing FPV and medium-range attack drones on its own territory, without specifying output levels.