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In contrast, Russia got unprecedented assistance from North Korea, with an estimated 5 million artillery shells, 100 ballistic missiles and 11,000 troops sent into battle to counter Ukraine’s diversionary advance into Russia’s Kursk province.

“The longer we can hold this Kursk front - with adequate equipment, artillery, Himars and of course long-range weapons to strike their rear - the better,” he said.

Officials say that before Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine, all Nato allies combined were only able to produce tens of thousands of 155mm artillery shells a year.

On Thursday, the IDF said its forces fired artillery and carried out air strikes against targets in southern Lebanon.

Assi and some colleagues had driven to the border in southern Lebanon to cover artillery clashes between Israel and Hezbollah.