Kim Jong Un (left) and Vladimir Putin (right).
Kim Jong Un (left) and Vladimir Putin (right).
  • North Korea has shipped Russia more than 1,000 containers of munitions in recent weeks, intel suggests.
  • North Korea is now on track to become one of Russia's biggest foreign arms suppliers alongside Iran and Belarus, the UK's defense ministry said.
  • The White House is also closely monitoring the situation and said a military alliance between Russia and North Korea could destabilize the region.

The UK's defense ministry said Thursday that North Korea has sent a huge amount of munitions to Russia recently and is on track to become one of Russia's biggest foreign arms suppliers.