The Russian president said Friday that his country will continue to develop its nuclear arsenal, days after signing a new mutual defense pact with Kim Jong Un.

The Russian president said Friday that his country will continue to develop its nuclear arsenal, days after signing a new mutual defense pact with Kim Jong Un.

A key U.S. ally fired warning shots Friday — live ones to repel North Korean soldiers and a diplomatic volley to counter Russian President Vladimir Putin, as tensions rise after his new mutual defense pact with Kim Jong Un.

South Korea, which has so far only provided non-lethal aid to Ukraine, said it was considering arming Kyiv in response to a newly forged alliance between Moscow and Pyongyang reminiscent of the Cold War that has alarmed officials in the West.

Putin said that doing so would be a “very big mistake.”

“If this happens, then we will also make appropriate decisions that the current leadership of South Korea would hardly like,” he said during his state visit to Vietnam on Thursday, which immediately followed the lavish Pyongyang visit. “We reserve our right to supply weapons to other regions of the world,” he added.

The Russian president’s saber-rattling continued Friday, when he said that Russia will continue to develop its nuclear arsenal as a deterrent.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
      15·
      4 months ago

      Feel free to explain to me the logic of threatening to arm a country that you’re coming to asking for them to arm you.

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
          14·
          4 months ago

          I’m not sure why you think anyone reading would give any credence to someone who says “what you said is wrong but I’m not going to tell you why,” but you do you.

          Edit: Also, you’re a troll account. Probably the same one as yesterday that said Russians were black people. Toodles.