Since March 2024, Russia has supplied North Korea with more than a million barrels (56 thousand tons) of oil, probably in payment for military support. This was reported by the BBC, citing data from the British research center Open Source Center, UNN reports.
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According to the Open Source Center's analysis of satellite imagery, North Korean tankers made 43 voyages between a Russian oil terminal in the Far East and DPRK ports between March and November 2024. All vessels arrived in Russia empty and returned loaded with oil.
Leading experts and British Foreign Secretary David Lammy told the publication that, in their opinion, Moscow is using this oil to pay Pyongyang for weapons and soldiers that the DPRK uses to help Russia fight Ukraine.
The first documented flight took place on March 7, seven months after the first reports of North Korean munitions shipments to Russia, and the last on November 5.
The constant flow of oil provides North Korea with a level of stability unprecedented since the imposition of sanctions,