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US to buy South Korea artillery shells ‘for Ukraine’

South Korean soldiers prepare 155mm howitzers during a military exercise in 2013. The US plans to buy 100,000 rounds of howitzer artillery from South Korean manufacturers to provide to Ukraine, a US official said [File: Lee Jin-man/AP]

Washington plans to buy 100,000 South Korean-made artillery shells for use in the Ukraine war, a United States official has said, though South Korea has insisted its policy against providing lethal aid to Ukraine remained unchanged and it expects the end user of the ammunition to be US forces.

Citing US officials familiar with the deal, the Wall Street Journal reported that the US and South Korea were nearing an agreement to buy 100,000 rounds of 155mm artillery shells that would be delivered to Ukraine.

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