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Russia gives North Korea a million barrels of oil, report finds

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Russia has supplied North Korea with more than a million barrels of oil since March , report finds.

Oil is payment for the weapons and troops Pyongyang has sent Moscow to fuel its war in Ukraine .

UN sanctions ban countries from selling oil to North Korea , except in small quantities.

North Korea is the only country in the world not allowed to buy oil on the open market.

Since March , Russia has given North Korea more than a million barrels of oil - double the annual cap.

This follows an assessment by the US government in May that Moscow had already supplied more than 500,000 barrels ’ worth of oil.

Russia disbanded the UN panel responsible for monitoring sanctions violations by using its veto at the UN Security Council in March 2024 .