The Russia-Ukraine war · claims ledger

North Korea did not deliver weapons to the Wagner Group in 2022.

Unresolvable Claimed by Wagner Group on 22 December 2022.

The statement

Wagner owner Yevgeny Prigozhin dismissed a US statement that North Korea had delivered rockets and missiles paid for by Wagner as gossip and speculation; North Korea's foreign ministry called the report false.

Foreign audience · ru

Origin of the claim Al Jazeera Media · Unaffiliated origin: Prigozhin statement and North Korean foreign ministry statement · published 2022-12-23 00:00 UTC

Verdict history

When	From	To	Why
2026-10-30 18:00 UTC	Open	Unresolvable	Open 12 months after it was said (2022-12-22) with nothing in the record to settle it. ev-20261027-a6z3 records only the US government's statements that North Korea supplied Russia and later Wagner, and North Korea's denial; the record has no independent evidence on deliveries to Wagner.

Cite or reuse

The War Record, claim cl-20261027-vedw, revision 2, https://thewarrecord.com/claims/cl-20261027-vedw/

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