Reports that North Korea may have provided short-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs) to Russia point to the lengths Pyongyang is willing to go to support the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine, as well its growing confidence in its weapons capabilities, according to experts.

In a background briefing last week, the South Korean military announced that it had detected “signs” of the DPRK providing SRBMs as well as anti-tank and anti-air missiles to Moscow, not just artillery as previously claimed.