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Ukraine Allies Impose New Sanctions on Russia and North Korea

The United States, the European Union and South Korea have criticized Moscow and Pyongyang for stepping up military cooperation

Ukraine Allies Impose New Sanctions on Russia and North Korea
Ukraine Allies Impose New Sanctions on Russia and North Korea

The United States, the European Union and South Korea have announced new sanctions amid increased military cooperation between Russia and North Korea, with Pyongyang reportedly providing military combat in the Ukraine conflict Japan said it could follow through with new restrictions have been imposed on the two countries

Washington’s latest sanctions target North Korean banks, military officers and other officials, and Russian oil shipping companies, according to a U.S. Treasury Department statement late Monday.

South Korea’s foreign ministry said separately on Tuesday that it had placed 11 Russian and North Korean individuals and 15 companies on a list for allegedly engaging in “illegal military cooperation” between the two countries . . . . The list includes Ri Pong Chun, a military officer who reportedly leads Pyongyang's military deployments in Russia and Ukraine.

The European Union on Monday added North Korean Defense Minister No Kwang Chol and Deputy Chief of Staff Kim Yong Bok to its 15th list of sanctions against Russia. EU sanctions target a further 52 individuals and 30 companies, mainly Russian defense agencies and shipping companies, as well as more than 50 vessels linked to Russian energy exports

The move came as members of the G-7, including South Korea, Australia and New Zealand, issued a joint statement on Monday condemning advanced military cooperation between North Korea and Russia between, “including the use of [North Korean] troops in Russian warfare against it.” Ukraine."

The group pledged “concerted sanctions” and warned that North Korea’s “direct support” for Russian military operations “marks a dangerous expansion of the conflict, with consequences severe impact on European, Indo-Pacific security.”

There have been numerous reports in the Western media about North Korean troops being deployed in Russia, neither confirmed nor denied by Moscow. The Pentagon considered in October whether North Korea had sent 10,000 troops to Russia, some of whom were headed to the Kursk region, where the offensive against Kiev began in August Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky said in moon last year that Pyongyang could send 100,000 troops to fight its own country.

At the BRICS summit in October, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow’s cooperation with Pyongyang was based on a security partnership agreement signed earlier this year He said the agreement contained reciprocal provisions security, including a statement that each comes under attack How this statement was used that the two countries would provide military assistance to each other It is built by Moscow and Pyongyang decided to do or therefore, the Russian leader added.