U.S. accuses North Korea of sending ammunition to Russia

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North Korean troops hold an artillery fire competition. (KCNA via Reuters)

YUKIHIRO SAKAGUCHI, Nikkei staff writer

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. has information that North Korea is covertly supplying artillery shells to Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, White House national security spokesman John Kirby said, contradicting Pyongyang's assertion in November that it had no plans to do so.

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