While Putin accused western countries of “unfriendly actions” that called for a “special regime of combat duty,” North Korea's leader said “the U.S. and its vassal forces” were to blame for all of the world’s problems, including the crisis in Ukraine
Hours before Putin ordered his nuclear forces to go on high alert, North Korea put out an analysis showing the parallel between Putin’s fears and Kim’s need for nukes and missiles in the face of demands by the U.S. and its allies for denuclearization.
Just to prove his point, Kim ordered another missile test Sunday—his eighth this year but his first since the Beijing Olympics. After conducting seven missile tests in January, North Korea held off on tests during the Olympics at the request of China, which didn’t want them to distract from the glory of the games.
Attributed to a researcher in the North’s Society for International Politics Study, the commentary also reflected North Korea’s anxiety about sanctions placed by the U.S. and UN in the wake of dozens of missile tests and six nuclear tests, four of them since Kim Jong Un took power after the death of his father, Kim Jong Il, in December 2011. The U.S. had “held on solely to the unilateral sanction and pressure” against Russia, said the commentary, a reminder of sanctions against the North.
North Korea last tested an ICBM in November 2017 and is believed to be preparing to test another ICBM. The test Sunday was fairly commonplace, that of a short-range missile that flew 185 miles before landing off the east coast, but the North’s last previous test on January 30 was that of an intermediate-range hypersonic missile with a maximum range of nearly 2,800 miles.
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