The White House says U.S. intelligence officials have determined that Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has made a pitch to North Korean officials to increase the sale of munitions to Moscow
that halted fighting in the 1950-53 Korean War, according to White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby. Russian President Vladimir Putin dispatched Shoigu to lead the Russian delegation for the commemoration.
In March, the White House said it had gathered intelligence that showed that Russia was looking to broker, in which Moscow would provide the North with needed food and other commodities in return for munitions from Pyongyang, , insisting that the"hegemonic policy" of the U.S.-led West has forced Moscow to take military action to protect its security interests.
earlier this year that U.S. intelligence showed Beijing was weighing it. But U.S. officials have said that, to date, they do not believe China has provided Moscow with weapons.
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