Russian port receives first suspected North Korean weapons shipment in month



News Russian port receives first suspected North Korean weapons shipment in month Imagery shows Lady R cargo ship at center of alleged arms operation delivered cargo from Rason to Vostochny this week Colin Zwirko March 15, 2024 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON Vostochny Port \| Image: GlobalPorts.com A Russian cargo ship has delivered hundreds of containers from North Korea to a Far East port for the first time in a month as part of a suspected arms trade operation, according to NK Pro analysis of satellite imagery. The Lady R (IMO: 9161003) picked up stacks of 20-foot (6-meter) shipping containers from North Korea’s Rason Port on Tuesday before arriving at Vostochny Port on Thursday with a deck full of cargo, Planet Labs imagery shows. Most containers appeared gone from the deck on Friday, suggesting the cargo was unloaded for delivery inside Russia Read More © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. LATEST ANALYSIS 01North Korea reveals new vertical take-off drones amid ‘modern warfare’ push 02How long-range strikes on Russia could impact North Korean troop deployments 03How North Korean hackers and IT workers collude to cause chaos 04What pro-Trump think tanks reveal about his likely North Korea policy priorities 05Yoon bet on US to deter North Korea. Now he faces an alliance skeptic in Trump. 06All the question marks hanging over Trump’s approach to North Korea in term two 07Time almost up for North Korea’s plan to launch 3 military satellites in 2024 08Trump return rekindles prospects of North Korea talks, but Russia stands in way 09How China could benefit from North Korea’s troop deployment to Ukraine 10New North Korean ICBM delivers big political message, and likely bigger payloads

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Russian port receives first suspected North Korean weapons shipment in month

Imagery shows Lady R cargo ship at center of alleged arms operation delivered cargo from Rason to Vostochny this week

Colin Zwirko March 15, 2024

Russian port receives first suspected North Korean weapons shipment in month

Vostochny Port | Image: GlobalPorts.com

A Russian cargo ship has delivered hundreds of containers from North Korea to a Far East port for the first time in a month as part of a suspected arms trade operation, according to NK Pro analysis of satellite imagery.

The Lady R (IMO: 9161003) picked up stacks of 20-foot (6-meter) shipping containers from North Korea’s Rason Port on Tuesday before arriving at Vostochny Port on Thursday with a deck full of cargo, Planet Labs imagery shows.

Most containers appeared gone from the deck on Friday, suggesting the cargo was unloaded for delivery inside Russia

01North Korea reveals new vertical take-off drones amid ‘modern warfare’ push
02How long-range strikes on Russia could impact North Korean troop deployments
03How North Korean hackers and IT workers collude to cause chaos
04What pro-Trump think tanks reveal about his likely North Korea policy priorities
05Yoon bet on US to deter North Korea. Now he faces an alliance skeptic in Trump.
06All the question marks hanging over Trump’s approach to North Korea in term two
07Time almost up for North Korea’s plan to launch 3 military satellites in 2024
08Trump return rekindles prospects of North Korea talks, but Russia stands in way
09How China could benefit from North Korea’s troop deployment to Ukraine
10New North Korean ICBM delivers big political message, and likely bigger payloads

Russian port receives first suspected North Korean weapons shipment in month

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