2024-01-05 00:25:07
2024-01-05 08:25 Compiled by Lianhe Daily: Xu Yuhan/Real-time reporting
The White House says North Korea provides Russian ballistic missiles and missile launchers that were recently used in attacks on Ukraine.
Yonhap News Agency reported that a U.S. official said on the 4th that Russia has been gradually isolated from the world due to U.S. sanctions and export controls, and has been forced to seek arms from like-minded countries. “As we have always publicly warned, North Korea is one of them.” .” The official also added that U.S. information shows that North Korea has recently provided ballistic missile launchers and dozens of ballistic missiles to Russia.
In response, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby confirmed at a press conference that the United States had received the information and pointed out that Russia had launched the first batch of North Korean ballistic missiles towards Ukraine on the 2nd. It is still unclear whether How much damage has been caused, saying “this is a major and worrying deterioration (of the situation).” The United States will raise the matter at the United Nations Security Council and impose additional sanctions on those who facilitated this arms deal.
Kirby, spokesman for the White House National Security Council.Archyde.com
North Korea and Russia have been discussing increasing arms sales since North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited Russia last September.
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