N. Korea Gave Russia Up to $14 Billion in Military Aid, Report Says

North Korea may have supplied weapons and troops worth as much as $14 billion to support Russia’s war in Ukraine, though only a portion of that appears to have been paid back to the reclusive regime, a study said.

Troop deployments and military exports between August 2023 and December 2025 are estimated to have totaled between $7.67 billion and $14.4 billion, a recent report by South Korea’s state-funded Institute for National Security Strategy said.