Train Crosses North Korea Border Into Russia After Arms Report

A train crossed from North Korea into Russia on Friday, two days after the United States said it had information indicating Pyongyang is covertly supplying Russia with artillery shells for its war in...

A Washington think tank, citing commercial satellite images, said a train crossed from North Korea to Russia on Friday, two days after the United States said it had information indicating that Pyongyang was secretly supplying Russia with artillery for its war in Ukraine.

Project 38 North which monitors developments in North Korea,

He said this was the first time such train movement had been observed on the road in several years, although on Wednesday Russian veterinary services reported that a cross-border train into North Korea was carrying horses.

“It is impossible to determine the purpose of the train from the pictures,

But the crossing comes amid reports of North Korean arms sales to Russia and a general expectation of resuming trade between the two countries."

She said North Korea has closed the 800-meter-long Tumanggang Friendship Bridge (Korea-Russia Friendship Bridge), which is the only land link between the two countries,

In February 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The report said that at 10:24 am local time (0124 GMT), a group of three closed railway cars appeared on the Korean side of the border, and by 1:10 pm. Local time (0410 GMT) it appears that in Russia it is behind a locomotive, about 200 meters (yards) from the end of the railway bridge.

At 2:29 pm

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(0529 GMT) A locomotive and three railcars were visible on tracks at Russia's Khasan Station, about two kilometers (1.2 mi) from the border, and three smaller covered railcars, or possible containers on flatbed wagons, were parked next to the arriving train Freshly on a train. adjacent track.

"It is not possible to determine whether material transportation is in progress, and probably has nothing to do with the locations of the parked train sets," the report said.

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