The United States will provide Ukraine with “non-persistent anti-personnel mines” (equipped with a self-destruct or self-deactivation device) to strengthen its defenses against the Russian invasion, an official told AFP. senior American official.
This decision comes after the green light given on Sunday by President Joe Biden to Ukraine for the use against Russian territory of long-range missiles supplied by the United States.
For its part, North Korea has sent Russia new shipments of artillery systems and rocket launchers to support its war effort in Ukraine, a South Korean parliamentarian said Wednesday.
South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (SNR) “confirmed that the North sent 170mm self-propelled artillery and 240mm long-range rocket launchers,” said after an SNR briefing Lee Seong-kweun, member of a parliamentary committee dedicated to intelligence.
North Korea has also deployed personnel to take care of the maintenance of these weapons which are not part of Russia’s conventional arsenal, he added, without giving further details.
Pyongyang’s growing commitment to Moscow has pushed South Korea to change its position regarding the war in Ukraine, no longer ruling out delivering weapons directly to kyiv.
