SEOUL, January 13 (AJP) - North Korea on Tuesday defended Russia's recent air strike on Ukraine as a "just exercise of the right to self-defense of a sovereign state," amid its deepening military ties with Moscow.
According to the state-run [North] Korean Central News Agency, North Korean Ambassador to the United Nations Kim Song attended an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting in New York following Russia's barrage of missile attacks on Ukraine last week.
In a statement, Kim said, "I express serious concern and strongly denounce and reject the shameless acts of Ukraine which covered up its heinous terrorism against Russia and took issue with Russia over its legitimate measures against it."
"The terrorist act targeting the absolute sovereignty of a country can never be justified, and retaliation of justice can never be demonized by any assertion," he added.
Russia had earlier warned of retaliation, accusing Ukraine of carrying out drone attacks on President Vladimir Putin's residence late last year and on a civilian café and hotel in occupied Kherson early this month.
According to the state-run [North] Korean Central News Agency, North Korean Ambassador to the United Nations Kim Song attended an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting in New York following Russia's barrage of missile attacks on Ukraine last week.
In a statement, Kim said, "I express serious concern and strongly denounce and reject the shameless acts of Ukraine which covered up its heinous terrorism against Russia and took issue with Russia over its legitimate measures against it."
"The terrorist act targeting the absolute sovereignty of a country can never be justified, and retaliation of justice can never be demonized by any assertion," he added.
Russia had earlier warned of retaliation, accusing Ukraine of carrying out drone attacks on President Vladimir Putin's residence late last year and on a civilian café and hotel in occupied Kherson early this month.
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