British defense minister’s claim: Putin is begging North Korea to supply weapons
| In a critical statement, the British defense minister accused the Russian president of turning to North Korea to get the weapons he needs during his attacks against Ukraine. |
According to the report of Fars News Agency International Group, British Defense Minister Grant Shapps said in anti-Russian statements that the Russian President is trying to get the weapons he needs to continue his attacks against Ukraine.
According to “Newsweek” Shaps has stated in this regard: “Vladimir Putin” Russian President begged his remaining allies. to provide weapons to Moscow to strengthen its attacks on Ukraine.
Shaps’ statements came after the White House National Security Spokesman John Kirby’s report that in a conversation He claimed to reporters that Russia had recently used short-range ballistic missiles obtained from North Korea in its numerous airstrikes across Ukraine.
In his claims, Kirby said that the transfer of weapons between the two countries is a worrying issue in the war, which has worsened relations between Moscow and Washington.
In this regard, Shops wrote in a post on X social network (former Twitter) referring to the BBC report of Kirby’s press conference: The world has turned its back on Russia and forced Putin to be humiliated. so that this country is asking for help from North Korea to continue the illegal aggression against Ukraine. It has violated the security of the United Nations and has endangered the security of another region of the world. This action must stop now. We, along with our partners, are sure that North Korea is paying a heavy price for supporting Russia.
It has escalated Ukraine, and Kirby has said that some of these attacks were carried out with weapons related to North Korea. According to Kirby’s claims on December 30, one of the missiles fired by Russia in Kiev was a North Korean ballistic missile. In addition, Kirby has claimed that Moscow launched several North Korean missiles during its round-the-clock strikes on Kiev on Tuesday.
Since the war began Ukraine In February 2022, Western countries are clearly standing by the Ukrainian army and have imposed an unprecedented amount of sanctions against Russia, while providing billions of dollars in military aid and weapons to Ukraine.
Russia has repeatedly denied the claims made regarding the use of missiles and military weapons by North Korea during the war with Ukraine, while neither the United States nor Ukraine have presented any convincing evidence to prove their claims in this regard. .
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