North Korea says US military aid to Ukraine is ‘incredible mistake’

US President Joe Biden launched the new assist as Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited Washington to abet Kyiv shield itself, including longer-differ weapons that will upgrade its ability to strike Russia from safer distances

Reuters

29 September, 2024, 12:45 pm

Final modified: 29 September, 2024, 12:46 pm

North Korea, which has been accused of illegally supplying weapons to Russia, acknowledged on Sunday that US protection pressure assist price $8 billion to Ukraine is “an impossible mistake” and playing with fire in opposition to nuclear superpower Russia.

US President Joe Biden launched the new assist as Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited Washington to abet Kyiv shield itself, including longer-differ weapons that will upgrade its ability to strike Russia from safer distances.

Kim Yo Jong, the mighty sister of North Korean chief Kim Jong Un, acknowledged Washington is escalating the Ukraine battle and driving all of Europe to the brink of a nuclear battle.

“The US and the West ought to nonetheless now now not push apart or underestimate Russia’s serious warning,” Kim acknowledged in an announcement printed by deliver recordsdata company KCNA.

“Are the US and the West actually ready to home the implications as they recklessly play with fire in opposition to Russia, which is a nuclear superpower?” she acknowledged.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned he could possibly also employ nuclear weapons if Russia modified into hit with missiles and would rob into consideration any assault in opposition to it that is backed by a nuclear energy to be a joint assault.

Helping Zelenskiy proceed a protection pressure trudge is a harmful and irresponsible gamble and asserting the new $8 billion in protection pressure assist modified into “an impossible mistake and silly act,” Kim acknowledged.

Kim, who holds a contrivance in North Korea’s ruling Team’ Birthday celebration, incessantly makes statements on Pyongyang’s contrivance on political and security matters believed to be well-liked by the nation’s supreme chief.

North Korea and Russia have dramatically upgraded their ties within the past year with their leaders assembly twice and agreeing on a “comprehensive strategic partnership” that entails a mutual defence pledge.

North Korea has shipped as a minimal 16,500 containers of weapons to Russia since September last year and Russia has fired missiles from these shipments in opposition to Ukraine, the US has acknowledged.

Both North Korea and Russia voice any illegal hands exchange.