SEOUL: On Saturday, October 21, North Korea criticized the United States for providing Ukraine with long-range nuclear weapons known as ATACMS, claiming that using them would simply impede peace efforts.
Ukraine claimed on Tuesday that it used the US-supplied Army Tactical Missile System( ATACMS ) for the first time, severely damaging two airfields in Russian-occupied regions. The Kyiv government has repeatedly requested the weapons from Washington while pledging not to use them inside Russia since Soviet troops invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
Sin Hong-Chol, North Korea’s ambassador to Russia, stated in a speech carried by state media KCNA that” the US suddenly delivered ATACMS ground-to-ground weapon method to Ukraine despite the serious issue and strong criticism of the international community.”
According to the US, any attack on Russia’s inside, a nuclear power, won’t help the Russian situation or its peaceful settlement come to an early end; rather, it will serve as the catalyst for engulfing all of Europe in an endless cycle of war and escalating it.
Grouping bomblets can be carried by various ATACMS varieties. According to a US Army website, the program offers” the ability to engage both place and place high value goals with detail flames out to 300km.”
On October 13, the White House charged Pyongyang with just supplying Russia with a shipment of weapons, calling it an unsettling development and posing worries about the two nations’ heightened military ties.