2023-07-29 06:54:55
The United States accuses North Korea of supplying weapons to Russia, including by sea, but it has not provided evidence and North Korean weapons have not been widely seen on the battlefields in Ukraine.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Saturday that the United States believed that Russian Defense Minister was in North Korea to secure arms deliveriesnecessary for the invasion of Ukraine, which is bogged down.
Following a rare visit to Pyongyang by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, Antony Blinken said Russia was shopping around its allies for arms supplies.
“I highly doubt he’s on vacation there,” Mr Blinken told the Australian press. “We see Russia desperately looking for support, weapons, wherever they can find them, to continue their aggression once morest Ukraine,” he added.
North Korea, Iran…
“We see it in North Korea, we also see it with Iran, which has provided many drones to Russia, which they use to destroy civilian infrastructure and kill civilians in Ukraine,” he said. for follow-up.
While in North Korea, Shoigu met with the country’s leader, Kim Jong Un, in “a ‘friendly’ talk”, according to Pyongyang state media.
Russia, a historical ally of North Korea, is one of the few countries with which Pyongyang maintains friendly relations.
Ukraine uses North Korean rockets to destroy Russian forces
Ukrainian soldiers have been observed using North Korean rockets which they say were seized by a “friendly” country before being delivered to Ukraine, the Financial Times reported on Saturday.
Ukraine’s Defense Ministry suggested the weapons were captured from the Russians, according to the newspaper.
North Korea and Russia deny having carried out arms transactions.
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