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Ship linked to Moscow-Pyongyang arms trade appears on Russian TV at DPRK port

Footage shows Angara berthed at pier at Rason port as Ukraine says DPRK is sending workers and soldiers to Russia

Russian state television may have unwittingly revealed evidence of continued military trade between North Korea and Russia amid reports that the DPRK is not only supplying weapons to aid Moscow’s war effort in Ukraine, but also troops.

Local channel Vesti Primorye aired footage of a vessel closely matching the Russian Angara docked at the North Korean port of Rason — a hub for arms trade between Moscow and Pyongyang — in a news segment Tuesday. 

The segment on Russian tourists visiting the area and Rason’s growing role in transshipping Russian coal to China was filmed between Oct. 4-7 and included