The response follows allegations from Washington that Pyongyang equipped Moscow with ammunition
US accusations that North Korea was supplying Russia with ammunition are lies, the spokeswoman for the Russian International Ministry, Maria Zakharova, stated on Wednesday. She added that Washington was simply on the lookout for a pretext to impose new sanctions on North Korea and made up the ammunition declare for that objective.
“There was no clear clarification for these statements, nor might there be, as a result of every part stated by American representatives is a lie from the start to the tip,” Zakharova stated in a day by day briefing, additional describing the declare as “one other instance of [fake news] and speculations unfold by the West about Russia.”
On November 2, the US Nationwide Safety Council spokesman, John Kirby, introduced that North Korea had despatched a “vital” variety of artillery shells for resupplying the navy effort in Ukraine. CNN additionally reported the declare, citing US intelligence assessments.
North Korea denied the accusations on Tuesday. “We as soon as once more clarify that we’ve got by no means had ‘arms dealings’ with Russia and that we’ve got no plan to take action sooner or later,” stated the Protection Ministry in Pyongyang, accusing the US of “persistently spreading a groundless rumor.”
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North Korea denies sending arms to Russia
US claims about North Korean ammunition provides to Russia date again to September. In response, Russia’s ambassador to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, demanded within the Safety Council that the US and UK present proof of their claims, or be thought-about peddlers of faux information.
In the meantime, the US has equipped Ukraine with weapons, ammunition, and various navy tools valued at over $ 54 billion for the reason that hostilities escalated in February. Most of its NATO allies have adopted go well with, all of the whereas insisting they weren’t a celebration to the battle.
Final month, Czech media reported that Washington was seeking to purchase $ three billion price of anti-aircraft missiles and artillery ammunition from South Korea. When Russian President Vladimir Putin talked about that report on the Valdai Dialogue Membership, South Korea denied it.
“We’ve supplied humanitarian and peaceable help to Ukraine however by no means deadly weapons,” stated South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, including that his nation is “attempting to keep up peaceable relations with all nations all over the world, together with Russia.”
