The sanctions imposed against the Russian Federation significantly complicate the production of high-precision weapons and other types of equipment that require Western components.. And in order to solve the existing problem with the lack of certain types of weapons, the aggressor country resorted to the services of one of the few allies - the DPRK. Citing anonymous US intelligence sources, The Guardian and NYT report that Russia is buying missiles and artillery from North Korea..

The full-scale war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine has been going on for more than six months, and during this time, the occupying forces have suffered significant losses not only in manpower, but also in equipment. Moreover, due to the constant intensive shelling of Ukrainian territories, stocks of high-precision missiles are gradually running out.. And because of export controls and sanctions, "

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Therefore, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation is forced to look for new suppliers of weapons. Russia is buying millions of rockets and artillery shells from North Korea, according to recently declassified US intelligence..

And in the future, in all likelihood, they may acquire other additional North Korean military equipment..

In addition to the rogue state of the DPRK, the Russian Federation is actively interacting in the military industry with Iran. In particular, an agreement on cooperation in the aviation industry was recently signed between the countries. Literally a month after reaching these agreements, it became known that the Islamic Republic handed over drones to Russia.