The Russian army appears to have begun deploying North Korean long-range artillery for use against Ukraine, a new video shows, after the weapons were previously spotted moving west through Siberia.

The pro-Ukrainian Telegram channel Exilenova+ released a video on Tuesday purporting to show a North Korean-made 170mm Koksan self-propelled gun “at the front lines” of the war for the first time, the latest evidence of DPRK arms shipments in support of Moscow’s war.

The Russian serviceman who allegedly filmed the footage described the artillery system as a “gift from Kim Jong Un,” pointing to the freshly painted gun positioned under