 South Korea starts secretly transferring artillery shells to Kyiv. After much resistance and a request from the US, South Korea has begun to transfer hundreds of thousands of artillery shells to Ukraine. The shipment is being made through the United States. The Wall Street Journal reported it. South Korea is proceeding with the transfer of hundreds of thousands of artillery rounds for Ukraine, a move that US officials said would make Kyiv's planned offensive against Russian forces effective and allow the White House to delay a fraught decision about whether to supply cluster munitions banned by many countries. The media outlet wrote, According to a confidential agreement, South Korea is handing over the shells to the United States, which in turn arranged for them to be shipped to Ukraine. The White House declined to comment, as did a representative of the South Korean government in Seoul. The Pentagon declined to say how the transfer of the shells is taking place or when it is expected to be completed, but admitted that it is in talks with Seoul to buy the ammunition from South Korea. Seoul's position changed after South Korean President Yoon Seok-yul's visit to Washington last month. At that time, Washington and Seoul issued a joint declaration on security issues. In November, Seoul promised to provide Ukraine with artillery but then began to evade.