STORY: According to its own statements, North Korea has not supplied any ammunition to Russia. Media reports to the contrary were denied by the North Korean Foreign Ministry. “The Japanese media’s false report that North Korea offered Russia ammunition is an absurd red herring that deserves no comment or interpretation,” a ministry spokesman said in a statement distributed by North Korea’s state news agency KCNA. Japan’s Tokyo Shimbun newspaper previously reported that North Korea shipped ammunition, including artillery shells, across the border to Russia by train last month. And that more deliveries are expected in the coming weeks. According to US information, the Russian mercenary group Wagner received weapons from North Korea for use in Ukraine. However, the head of the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, dismissed the report as “gossip and speculation”. Everyone knows that North Korea has long stopped supplying weapons to Russia, President Vladimir Putin’s ally said in a statement. The South Korean Foreign Ministry said it was monitoring North Korea’s activities for possible arms deals with Russia.