'If West Can Help Ukraine, Why Can't North Korea Help Us...': Russia Denies 'Violation Of International Laws' At UN

Russia's envoy to the United Nations, during the Security Council meeting on Wednesday, questioned why Western countries can aid Ukraine while Russia's allies, like North Korea, cannot support Moscow in its ongoing conflict with Ukraine.Vassily Nebenzia faced strong opposition from the United States, Britain, South Korea, Ukraine, and others, who accused Russia of violating U.N. resolutions and the U.N. Charter by allegedly deploying North Korean (DPRK) troops to aid Moscow, reported Reuters. South Korea's UN Ambassador Joonkook Hwang said, "Supporting an act of aggression, which completely violates the principles of the U.N. Charter, is illegal." "Any activities involving the DPRK’s dispatch of troops to Russia are clear violations of multiple U.N. Security Council Resolutions."According to U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, approximately 10,000 North Korean troops are already present in eastern Russia and are likely to be involved in combat operations in Russia's Kursk region, near the Ukraine border.

Nebenzia argued that Russia's military cooperation with North Korea does not contravene international law. Russia has not denied the involvement of North Korean troops in the war, ongoing since February 2022.Nebenzia asked, "Even if everything being said by our Western colleagues about cooperation between Russia and North Korea is true, why do the United States and its allies impose the flawed logic that they have the right to support the Zelenskyy regime, while Russia's allies lack the same right?" Ukraine's U.N. Ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya countered, "None of the countries assisting Ukraine are under Security Council sanctions.""Receiving support from the fully sanctioned North Korea is a brazen violation of the U.N. Charter," he added. "Deploying DPRK troops to back Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine flagrantly breaches international law." Since 2006, North Korea has been under U.N. Security Council sanctions, which have been gradually intensified to curb Pyongyang's development of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles.While North Korea has not confirmed any troop deployment to Russia, it stated that any such action would comply with international law."If Russia’s sovereignty and security interests face continued dangerous threats from the United States and the West, we will make necessary decisions," North Korea's U.N. Ambassador Song Kim told the council, as per a Reuters report.

“Pyongyang and Moscow maintain close contact on mutual security and the developing situation,” he added.However, Deputy U.S. Ambassador Robert Wood issued a stern warning to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un: "Should DPRK troops enter Ukraine in support of Russia, they will surely return in body bags. I urge Chairman Kim to reconsider engaging in such reckless and dangerous actions."