• North Korea denies arming Russia with rockets and missiles.
• Allegations are aimed at justifying Washington’s own military aid to Ukraine, Pyongyang says.
• North Korean official: US will face “unwanted result” if it continues spreading ‘rumor’.

After the United States accused North Korea of delivering rockets and missiles to the Russian Wagner Group and supporting Moscow’s forces in Ukraine, Pyongyang denied arming Russia.

A senior North Korean official, in a statement on Sunday, slammed the US allegations as a “groundless rumor” aimed at justifying Washington’s own military aid to Ukraine.

As a result of the private military organization’s alleged weapons transactions with North Korea, which are forbidden by United Nations Security Council resolutions, the US labelled Wagner as a “transnational criminal organization” earlier this month.

Additionally, the White House displayed what it claimed to be images from US intelligence showing Russian rail wagons entering North Korea, loading up with infantry rockets and missiles, and then leaving for Russia.

But the director general of the North Korean Department of US Affairs, Kwon Jong Gun, rejected the accusations on Sunday, warning that the US will face a “really undesirable result” if it persists in spreading the “self-made rumor”.

“Trying to tarnish the image of [North Korea] by fabricating a non-existent thing is a grave provocation that can never be allowed and that cannot but trigger its reaction,” Kwon Jong Gun said.

He added that the US move was “a foolish attempt to justify its offer of weapons to Ukraine”.

Ahead of Moscow’s invasion, US President Joe Biden pledged 31 Abrams tanks, one of the most potent and advanced weapons in the US army, to support Kyiv.

As a result of the private military organization’s alleged weapons transactions with North Korea, which are forbidden by United Nations Security Council resolutions, the US labelled Wagner as a “transnational criminal organization” earlier this month.

Additionally, the White House displayed what it claimed to be images from US intelligence showing Russian rail wagons entering North Korea, loading up with infantry rockets and missiles, and then leaving for Russia.

Kim Yo Jong, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, criticized the action on Friday, accusing Washington of “further crossing the red line” by deploying the tanks into Ukraine.

On Sunday, Kwon Jong Gun underlined Pyongyang’s worries on the tank transfer, describing it as a “unethical act” intended to maintain an unstable international situation.

Russia is one of North Korea’s few foreign allies, along with China.

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