“If American provocations continue, if they become increasingly dangerous, I do not rule out that the leadership of the DPRK, in the interests of strengthening the defense capability of their state, will be forced to decide to conduct a nuclear test,” he told RIA Novosti.

According to Matsegora, this is an undesirable scenario. In the event of such an outcome, responsibility, as the ambassador noted, will lie entirely with the United States and its allies.

It was previously reported that the US Navy has deployed three of its aircraft carriers in the western Pacific Ocean.

Later it became known that the DPRK fired several cruise missiles towards the Yellow Sea.