Cooperation with Russia could radically alter threat from North Korea, White House warns
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin (Photo: kremlin.ru)
The nature of the security threat emanating from North Korea could undergo radical changes in the coming decade as a result of its cooperation with Russia, states the Senior Director of the White House Arms Control, Pranay Vaddi.
According to him, it is necessary to pay close attention not only to the assistance from Russia to North Korea, which possesses nuclear weapons, primarily in the form of missile systems but also to "what could be going in the other direction as well."
"What we're seeing between Russia and North Korea is an unprecedented level of cooperation in the military sphere," Mr Vaddi said.
According to him, the United States will continue working with South Korea to make their joint "enhanced deterrence" as reliable as possible in the face of the evolving threat from North Korea.
North Korea handed over missiles to Russia
White House National Security Council Coordinator John Kirby stated that Russia purchased ballistic missiles from North Korea, which had already been used for strikes against Ukraine.
Later, information emerged that invaders targeted Kharkiv with North Korean missiles. The Prosecutor's Office confirmed this and provided details.
Representative of the Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Vadym Skybytskyi, in an interview with RBC-Ukraine, revealed that North Korea actively supplied ammunition to Russia throughout the fall. According to intelligence estimates, the Russian army could have received about a million projectiles from North Korea.
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