Russia Requesting Ammunition From North Korea: Washington

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Far Eastern Federal University campus on Russky Island in the far-eastern Russian port of Vladivostok on April 25, 2019. Alexey Nikolsky/AFP via Getty Images

The United States has seen indications that Russia approached North Korea to request ammunition amid its ongoing war in Ukraine, a U.S. official said on Sept. 6.

Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, said that Washington received information that Russia approached North Korea and “specifically asked for ammunition,” but he was unable to provide more details.