[사진 출처 = 연합뉴스]North Korea strongly protested on the 22nd that the US information that North Korea sold weapons to Russia in connection with the Ukraine war was not true and that it was not true.
“We have never exported weapons or ammunition to Russia in the past, and we have no plans to do so in the future,” said the deputy director general of the North Korean Defense Ministry’s Equipment General Administration in a statement released to the Korean Central News Agency on the same day.
“Recently, hostile forces, including the United States, have been talking regarding some kind of UN Security Council ‘violation of resolution’ while turning away the ‘arms trade theory’ between Korea and Russia,” he said. I don’t know if they’re throwing away the trading theory, but the purpose is to paint the video (image) of our republic.”
“We strongly condemn and sternly warn the United States of recklessly spreading anti-DPRK conspiracy theories in order to pursue mean political and military slander,” he said. It would be good,” he said.
“The development, production, and possession of military equipment, as well as import and export activities with other countries, are the unique and legitimate rights of sovereign states, and no one has the right to dispute them,” he said.
The United States announced on the 6th (local time) that Russia is pushing to purchase millions of ammunition, including shells and rockets, from North Korea for use in the Ukraine war.
Meanwhile, Russia, which has been invading Ukraine for seven months, announced on the 21st (local time) the mobilization of its reserve forces. It is the first time since the end of World War II that a mobilization order has been issued in Russia, which means that 300,000 of the 25 million Russian reserve forces are sent to war.
“We will use all available means to protect Russia and its people if the integrity of Russia is threatened,” Putin said.
He further warned, “If (the West, including the US) continues to threaten (us) with nuclear weapons,[the West]should know that the direction (actual nuclear attack) may change in that direction.” It is observed that this indicates a willingness to use nuclear weapons depending on the situation.
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