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More than 2.5 million munitions have been delivered from the DPRK to Russia. This was reported by the Washington-based Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the BBC wrote. According to the authors of the study, the movement of ships between the North Korean port of Najin and Russian Far Eastern ports is still continuing, although there have been some changes in the activity of shipments. The authors of the study found that since August 2023, there have been at least 25 calls at the port of Najin to load North Korean munitions and deliver them to Russia. At least 19 vessels with disabled transponders have called at the Vostochny Port in Russia to unload and load containers. CSIS estimates that these flights facilitated the transfer of more than 2.5 million artillery shells and other munitions. In addition, satellite images of North Korea's Tumangan railway station on the border with Russia, taken between October 2023 and January 2024, show an unprecedented number of railway cars of various types - both at that station and at the station at the Russian seaside village of Khasan on the other side of the border. As noted, the level of recent rail traffic here is much higher than in the period from 2019 to 2023. According to the authors of the study, who publish numerous satellite images of the sites in question, Russia is actively expanding the infrastructure of the Tikhoretsky ammunition depot in Krasnodar Krai, the Mozdok ammunition depot and the Egorlykskaya airfield in Rostov Oblast, which has been converted into an ammunition depot to store ammunition closer to the front line. Access to discussion Subscribe to the channel