For the second day in a row, North Korea criticized the US decision to send tanks to Ukraine, describing it as an "immoral crime" aimed at keeping the international situation unstable.
Kwon Chung-kyun, director of US affairs at North Korea's Foreign Ministry, said in a statement carried by the Korean Central News Agency that Washington's allegations that North Korea provided weapons to Russia is a "baseless rumor" to justify its military aid to Ukraine.
"The United States is working hard to provide Ukraine with offensive weapons at any cost, ignoring the concerns and criticisms of the international community. This is an immoral crime aimed at keeping the international situation unstable," the statement said.
He added that the unfounded allegations of arms deals between North Korea and Russia were "unacceptable and a serious provocation that can never be tolerated."
Last Wednesday, US President Joe Biden promised to send 31 Abrams tanks to Kyiv, one of the powerful and advanced combat tanks of the US Army, but this delivery will not take place before "several months," according to US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby.
Pictures of the CIA released by the White House show what Washington says are arms shipments transferred from North Korea to Russia (Anatolia)
North Korea's state news agency KCNA reported on Saturday that Kim Yo Jong, sister of the powerful North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, denounced US pledges to send Abrams battle tanks to Ukraine, saying Washington was "crossing a red line" to gain hegemony. by proxy war.
A few days ago, John Kirby, a spokesman for the White House National Security Council, published pictures of US intelligence showing what appeared to be Russian train cars returning from North Korea loaded with military equipment, including missiles for the Russian military group, Wagner.
In the aftermath, the United States classified Wagner as a "criminal organization" and announced that these recordings would be sent to the United Nations as part of sanctions targeting Pyongyang.
It is noteworthy that Russia, along with China, is the most prominent of North Korea's few allies on the international scene, noting that the latter was the only country - along with Syria and Russia - that recognized the independence of Luhansk and Donetsk, two separatist regions loyal to Russia in eastern Ukraine.