In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, left, head to a banquet hall, at the ruling Workers’ Party’s headquarters in Pyongyang, North Korea Thursday, July 27, 2023. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service/AP
Bloomberg: Rare Russian VIP jet in North Korea spurs arms deal concern
An unusual sighting of a Russian military jet in North Korea is stoking concern that Kim Jong Un is selling Vladimir Putin weapons as ties strengthen between the sanctioned states.
Tracking data from FlightRadar24 shows the Russian Air Force Ilyushin IL-62M flying from Moscow to Pyongyang on July 31 and returning on Aug. 2.
Satellite imagery showed the aircraft at Pyongyang’s international airport for about 36 hours, according to NK News, a Seoul-based provider of news on North Korea that also tracks flight activity in the isolated country.
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WNU Editor: This is a military jet. That tells me an arms deal is being made.
2 comments:
Crazy how North Korea can supposedly be supplying millions of shells to the Russians but when a cargo jet lands in Pyongyang it's apparently a rare enough occurrence that it makes international headlines.
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