{"id":11830,"date":"2026-05-11T02:10:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T02:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/11830\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T02:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T02:10:11","slug":"dprk-claims-record-production-of-shells-for-the-russian-army-and-the-war-against-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/11830\/","title":{"rendered":"DPRK claims record production of shells for the Russian army and the war against Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>North Korea has announced a sharp increase in the production of artillery ammunition amid large-scale arms supplies to Russia for the war against Ukraine. This was reported by Defense Express with reference to the Korean Central News Agency, according to UNN.<\/p>\n<p>Details<\/p>\n<p>According to North Korean propaganda, the production of artillery shells in the DPRK has allegedly doubled its previous record and is four times higher than the country&#8217;s average ammunition output.<\/p>\n<p>Such statements were made during a visit by DPRK leader Kim Jong Un to one of the defense enterprises in Pyongyang.<\/p>\n<p>DPRK has already transferred millions of rounds of ammunition to Russia<\/p>\n<p>Defense Express notes that North Korea&#8217;s statements should be treated with skepticism, as they constitute official regime propaganda.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"bodyLinkItem\" href=\"https:\/\/unn.ua\/en\/news\/dprk-removes-references-to-unification-with-south-korea-from-constitution\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DPRK removes references to unification with South Korea from constitution06.05.26, 11:17 \u2022 4271 view<\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the fact of large-scale arms supplies to the Russian Federation is confirmed by numerous data points.<\/p>\n<p>According to estimates, from September 2023 to April 2025, the DPRK could have transferred between 1 and 6 million artillery shells and rockets to Russia. This includes not only ammunition for tube artillery but also mortar shells, rockets for MLRS, and other weaponry.<\/p>\n<p>Pyongyang also supplies Russia with artillery and missiles<\/p>\n<p>In addition to ammunition, the DPRK supplies the Russian army with self-propelled artillery units, multiple launch rocket systems, ballistic missiles, and anti-tank missile systems.<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778367227-1332-large.webp\" alt=\"Photo: KCNA\u00a0\u00a0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo: KCNA\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Defense Express recalled that the North Korean defense-industrial complex comprises about 300 enterprises employing approximately 500,000 people.<\/p>\n<p>Against the backdrop of Russia&#8217;s war against Ukraine, military production in the DPRK continues to grow actively.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"bodyLinkItem\" href=\"https:\/\/unn.ua\/en\/news\/capable-of-overcoming-the-us-missile-defense-system-north-koreas-nuclear-arsenal-is-approaching-a-critical-point-bloomberg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">North Korea&#8217;s nuclear arsenal is approaching a critical threshold and will be able to overcome the US defense system &#8211; Bloomberg29.04.26, 16:37 \u2022 8258 views<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"North Korea has announced a sharp increase in the production of artillery ammunition amid large-scale arms supplies to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11831,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[129],"class_list":{"0":"post-11830","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pyongyang","8":"tag-pyongyang"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}