Putin compares North Korea's heavy armament to the US and Europe's 'threat' sanctions against North Korea to 'siege of Leningrad'
Russian President Putin strengthened the U.S.-Europe confrontation with Ukraine through a strategy of heavily arming North Korea and compared sanctions against North Korea to the “Nazi siege of Leningrad” in World War II.
Most of the questions asked by reporters around the world to President Putin, who held a public press conference during his visit to Vietnam, were 'related to North Korea', and the answer was about the support of weapons to Ukraine, saying, "The people who supply these weapons believe that they are not at war with us." It came out as a ‘targeted threat’.
President Vladimir Putin directly warned the United States and its allies in Vietnam on the 20th that he is willing to arm North Korea if it continues to supply Ukraine with sophisticated weapons that have struck Russian territory, raising the risk of Western countries supporting Ukraine.
The New York Times, which covered the Vietnamese press conference, said, “President Putin made a threat in remarks he made to reporters who accompanied him from Vietnam before returning to Russia after visiting Vietnam and North Korea late on the 20th,” and “President Putin violated UN sanctions.” “The threat to arm North Korea is a response to the decision by the United States and its allies to allow Ukrainian weapons to attack Russian territory in recent months,” the report said.
In response to a question about the South Korean National Security Chief's announcement of 'reconsideration of arms support to Ukraine', he said, "This would be a very big mistake. I hope this does not happen. If that happens, we will also take appropriate measures, and this is due to the misconduct of the current Korean leadership." “It will be difficult to match,” he said.
Putin’s answer went on to directly compare sanctions against North Korea to the ‘Nazi siege of Leningrad during World War II.’
President Putin told reporters, “North Korean families cannot earn money and feed their children. We need to reevaluate sanctions, especially those related to labor migration,” and, referring to World War II, “What comes to mind?” “Is this humane?” he said.
“Western countries, supplying weapons to Ukraine, say, ‘We don’t control anything here, it doesn’t matter how they are used,’” Putin continued. “We can also say that we delivered something to someone, , After that, you can’t control anything,” he said.
Earlier this year, Britain announced that Ukraine could use its own weapons to attack Russia, France's President Macron said French troops could be deployed in Ukraine, and President Putin responded by allowing Russian troops to practice using nuclear tactical weapons. instructed.
NYT said, “Washington and Seoul said North Korea helped overcome the ammunition shortage by sending dozens of ballistic missiles and more than 11,000 shipping containers of munitions to Russia for use in the war against Ukraine,” and added, “Both Russia and North Korea have reported to the UN They denied exchanging arms in violation of sanctions,” the report said.
Russia has approved a series of UN Security Council resolutions to limit North Korea's access to weapons, technology, and resources and participated in resolutions to limit its nuclear weapons and missile programs. However, North Korea has conducted six nuclear tests and launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) program. developed and introduced.
During this visit to North Korea, the Putin regime dramatically changed its course and turned to ending the 'sanctions against North Korea' that had been approved until recently, and at the Vietnam meeting, approached North Korea's conventional ammunition and weapons as part of its strategy of passing on the costs of supporting the war in Ukraine to the United States and the West. .
Regarding the mutual defense treaty with North Korea, Putin told reporters, “South Korea has no need to worry because it only requires Russia’s military intervention in case of aggression against North Korea,” adding, “As far as I know, South Korea has no intention of carrying out such an attack.” “He said there wasn’t any.”