Military Intelligence Director Budanou: “North Korea delivered a significant amount of artillery shells”
“Russia considers it a shameful thing to rely on external weapons.”
“There will be no dramatic changes in the near future.”
North Korea is currently Russia’s largest supplier of weapons, a top intelligence official under the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense claimed.
Military Intelligence Director Kirillo Budanow said this in an interview with the British Financial Times (FT) on the 21st (local time), saying, “North Korea delivered a significant amount of artillery shells to Russia.”
He continued, “This allows Russia to catch its breath a little. “Without their (North Korea) help, the situation would have been catastrophic.”
But Russia does not want to rely on outside help, Budanow noted. He said Russia has “always considered countries like North Korea beneath its wing” and that receiving military aid from them was “shameful.”
The Ukrainian military intelligence agency claimed on the 15th that North Korea supplied 1 million rounds, mainly 122 mm and 15 mm artillery shells, to Russia. The United States and Ukraine analyzed that Russia used North Korea’s ballistic missiles for the first time in an attack on Kharkiv on the 2nd.
In addition, Director Budanow said, “There is no evidence” regarding the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner Group, who died mysteriously on a plane a month after the armed rebellion last year, and added, “The Wagner Group (still) exists.”
“I’m not saying he’s not dead or that he’s dead. “There is no evidence whatsoever that he is dead,” he said.
Director Budanow has also made claims about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s health that he has cancer or that he is using a double.
In relation to this, he explained that his analysts “analyze President Putin’s appearance, such as the distance between his earlobes and eyebrows.” He said, “It’s not that difficult. “You can do it easily,” he said, shrugging as if it was an obvious ploy, the FT reported.
Regarding the war situation, he emphasized, “We are not expecting dramatic changes in the near future,” and “We will continue to do what we have been doing.”
Source: Donga
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