The United States is concerned about the deepening military cooperation between the Russian Federation and the DPRK against the backdrop of the meeting between the leaders of the countries Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un, which took place on September 12.
US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said this at a briefing.
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–We have not yet seen the full picture of this meeting and do not know what its results will be, but when you see how Kim Jong-un promises to provide full, unconditional support for the so-called “sacred struggle” ; Russia for protecting its security interests, which is certainly not what it is doing in the war against Ukraine, that is of course a concern, he said.
According to Miller, The United States has reason to believe that Putin and Kim Jong-un discussed arms supplies to the Russian Federation.
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In his opinion, the fact that Russia is turning to the DPRK for help shows that after a year and a half of the war against Ukraine, the Kremlin suffered colossal losses.
– A year and a half ago, Vladimir Putin started this war, thinking that he was going to restore the glory of the Russian Empire, and failed in all his maximalist, imperialist goals. And now, a year and a half later, having lost tens of thousands of Russian soldiers and having spent billions and billions of dollars, he is begging Kim Jong-un for help, Miller emphasized.
The State Department spokesman stressed that the United States will not hesitate to impose sanctions against both Russian Federation, and against North Korea.
Recall that the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov, reported that Russia has been secretly receiving ammunition from the DPRK for a month and a half.
In particular, shells of 122 mm and 152 mm caliber, which are used for Soviet-style guns, and missiles for the Grad MLRS.
