Thread by @jseldin

NEW: Pentagon confirms #Russia trying to buy rockets/artillery from #NorthKorea - "We do have indications that Russia has approached ammunition to request ammunition" per @PentagonPresSec BrigGen Patrick Ryder

"Things are not going well on that [sustainment] front for Russia"

"This information is relevant" per @PentagonPresSec on why info on #Moscow-#Pyongyang is being shared now

"...shows the fact that they [#Russia] are trying to reach out to int'l actors like #Iran & #NorthKorea that don't have the best record"

#Ukraine's counteroffensive -"They continue to make some forward movement" per @PentagonPresSec

"We are aware they have retaken som villages"

#Russia offensive activity in #Bakhut (??) but #Ukraine's forces there "continue to hold the line" per @PentagonPresSec

#Iran's efforts to capture US naval #Saildrones "just another example of Iranian behavior in this region that is unprofessional" per @PentagonPresSec

Cameras from US #Saildrones that #Iran tried to capture were missing, per @PentagonPresSec, confirming report from @WSJ

"This was not sensitive equipment" he says, adding not clear if Iranians took the cameras

"#Russia has specifically asked for ammunition" from #NorthKorea, per @PentagonPresSec

"No changes in terms of the posture" of #Russia's nuclear forces, per @PentagonPresSec

Says US will continue to "keep a very close eye" on possible developments

Concerns #Moscow will turn to #Beijing for help w/ammo/supplies? "There is a relationship btw #China & #Russia" per @PentagonPresSec

"In terms of what Russia may be asking of China or not, I don't have any information to provide"