Pyongyang wanted once again this Sunday to make things clear about its involvement in the war in Ukraine.

North Korea has denied supplying weapons to Moscow after Washington accused it of delivering rockets and missiles to the Russian paramilitary group Wagner.

Last week, White House Security Council spokesman John Kirby released US intelligence footage showing alleged Russian train cars returning from North Korea loaded with military equipment, including rockets for Wagner.

In the process, the United States designated Wagner as a “criminal organization” and declared to transmit these recordings to the UN as part of the sanctions aimed at Pyongyang.

A "rumor created from scratch"

On Sunday, a senior North Korean government official denounced "a stupid attempt to justify" future arms shipments to Ukraine by Washington, which on Thursday promised 31 Abrams tanks to kyiv.

Quoted by the official KCNA news agency, the director general of the North Korean American Affairs Department, Kwon Jong Gun, dismissed this "rumour created from scratch" and warned the United States that they would expose themselves to a "truly undesirable outcome" if they continued to spread it.

"Trying to tarnish the image of (North Korea) by manufacturing something that does not exist is a serious provocation that can never be allowed and can only trigger a reaction," he added.

Kim Yo-jong, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, also criticized promises to send arms to Ukraine by the United States on Friday, accusing them of "going even further the Red line ".

Moscow, a rare ally of Pyongyang at the UN

Russia is, along with China, one of Pyongyang's few international allies and has already helped the North Korean regime directly.

Apart from Syria and Russia, North Korea is the only country to have recognized the independence of Lugansk and Donetsk, two pro-Russian separatist regions in eastern Ukraine.

Russia, a permanent member of the UN Security Council, for its part has long pleaded against the tightening of international sanctions against North Korea and even asked for their relaxation for humanitarian reasons.

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