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Summary

Russia has supplied North Korea with over a million barrels of oil since March 2024, violating UN sanctions.

The oil is believed to be payment for weapons and troops Pyongyang has sent to Russia to support its war in Ukraine.

The transfers, which have been documented by satellite imagery, highlight the growing ties between Moscow and Pyongyang and the increasing disregard for international sanctions.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 5 minutes ago

Literally blood for oil.

[–] superkret@feddit.org 32 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

So now we know the life of a North Korean soldier is worth 10 barrels of oil ($700).

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I assume the UN has sanctions against Russia right?

[–] Saleh@feddit.org 15 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Obviously not. Russia is a permanent security council member with veto powers. None of the veto powers will ever get sanctioned by the UN, as they will always veto them.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

So then they could have just vetoed the NK sanctions, so what’s the difference.

[–] Saleh@feddit.org 3 points 6 hours ago

Russia and NK arent best buddies and neither China nor Russia were particularly fond of NK developong nukes either. Finally sanctions give an opportunity for smuggling and increasing dependency or it could have been a tit for tat deal to allow sanctions on NK in exchange for some other political gain.

[–] SaltySalamander@fedia.io 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

So less than 5% of what the US consumes daily.

NK is getting ripped off.

[–] whithom@discuss.online 1 points 2 hours ago

How much does china consume?