In its first remarks since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, North Korea's foreign ministry posted a statement by a researcher calling the United States the "root cause" of the European crisis to comply with unilateral sanctions and pressure, While legitimate demands for Russia's security were disregarded.
According to remarks by Ri Ji Song, a researcher at the North Society for International Politics Study, Washington has pursued "military supremacy in defiance of Russia's legitimate demand for its security".
"The root cause of the Ukrainian crisis is also America's arbitrariness and arbitrariness," said a post uploaded to the North's foreign ministry website.
Ri slammed the US for having "double standards", saying it interferes in the internal affairs of other countries in the name of "peace and stability", but "but it is self-defensive by other countries without any good reason". Condemns to ensure measures." their own national security."
"Gone are the days when America reigned supreme," Post said.
Park Won-gon, a professor of North Korean studies at Iwa Woman University, said the response is a "low-key" official response because it was published under a personal name.
"Putin's war shapes almost all geopolitics right now, and must be a factor in Kim's calculations somewhere – but even 'taking advantage of distraction' seems too much, because (North Korea ) was testing aggressively even before the war," John Delery, a professor at South Korea's Yonsei University, said on Twitter.
To help maintain Ukraine's capability, the US pledged an additional $350 million in military aid to Ukraine, including anti-tank weapons, body armor and small arms. Germany said it would send missiles and anti-tank weapons to the besieged country and would close its airspace to Russian aircraft.
The US, European Union and the United Kingdom agreed to block "selected" Russian banks from the SWIFT global financial messaging system, which transfers money around the world to more than 11,000 banks and other financial institutions, in a slew of sanctions. Part of the new era. A serious cost to Moscow for the invasion. They also agreed to impose "restrictive measures" on Russia's central bank.
As Russia moves forward with its offensive, the West is working to arm more Ukrainian forces with arms and ammunition while punishing Russia with far-reaching sanctions intended to further isolate Moscow. Is.
President Vladimir Putin has not disclosed his final plans, but Western officials believe he will want to overthrow Ukraine's government and replace it with his own regime, redraw the map of Europe and determined to revive the Cold War-era influence of Moscow.
Ukraine's health minister said on Saturday that 198 people, including three children, were killed and more than 1,000 others wounded in Europe's biggest land battle since World War II.