I bet Little Kim will provide his one million shells to Putin.. Dictators are like that. But, why should Zelenskyy worry? All the Videos on youtube say he is winning this war.
“I bet Little Kim will provide his one million shells to Putin.”
That seems likely.
North Korea has them on hand (among the largest stockpiles in the World, in the Soviet calibers (122mm and 152mm)), Russia has plenty of value to pay for them (like Military/nuclear technology, oil and grain), and they have already started flowing.
Roughly speaking, North Korean stockpiles (alone) would let Russia keep firing for about a year, at the rate they have been. Russia itself probably has a year’s worth (at this rate of fire) remaining in inventory. Both countries are ramping up production, and they have plenty of the raw material to make more. Their combined production is currently still far below the rate that Russia is firing, but they have time and capability to realistically ramp up.
Artillery shells are among the last things that I would expect Russian forces to run out of.
The situation with Russian major combat platforms, like tanks, Attack Helicopters, Close Air Support jets, Artillery tubes and rocket launchers, High/Medium Altitude Air Defense Systems and Electronic Warfare systems however; is significantly different. Losses are greatly outstripping production, and inventories are generally over 1/2 to 2/3rds depleted.
It seems unlikely that Russia will be able to increase production of those systems to a replacement rate before inventories are depleted, at the current rates of losses. They would likely require massive external supply to maintain this rate of losses beyond next year.