‘This is an unethical crime’

Victim of war: A Soviet-era mosaic on a wall of a destroyed school in Oleksandrivka village, Kherson region, amid Russia’s military invasion on Ukraine. — AFP

SEOUL: North Korea criticised for a second day a US decision to send tanks to Ukraine, calling it an “unethical crime” aimed at perpetuating an unstable international situation.

Washington’s allegations that North Korea has provided arms to Russia are a “groundless rumour” to justify its own military aid to Ukraine, Kwon Chung-keun, director of US affairs at North Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said in a statement carried by state news agency KCNA.