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North Korea Is Blaming 1 Country For The ‘Nuclear Threat’ – And It’s Not Russia

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North Korea has claimed the US is to blame for the concept of the “nuclear threat” in a bizarre statement.

It comes after reports US president Joe Biden approved a classified strategic plan back in March, calling for a focus on China instead of Russia, as a strong nuclear opponent.

Supposedly US forces were urged to prepare for a possible coordinated attack between Russia, China and North Korea.

In a statement reported by the Russian state news agency TASS, North Korea’s foreign ministry appeared to respond by saying it “keeps a close eye on the behaviour” of the US.

It claimed Washington DC “continues to fabricate someone else’s ‘nuclear threat’” while being “obsessed with ensuring unilateral nuclear superiority”.

The ministry said: “We express concern about it as we strongly oppose and reject it.

“The move to update the nuclear policy of the US – a country that has the largest nuclear weapon arsenal in the world – will have a significant negative impact on the security situation and the nuclear disarmament system.”

According to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Russia actually has the most confirmed nuclear weapons with over 5,889 nuclear war heads.

The US comes in second, with 5,224 nuclear weapons.

All other countries known to have nuclear weapons – including the UK and North Korea – have under 500 in comparison.

China comes in third place, with 410 nuclear warheads.

Still, the North Korean foreign ministry claimed: “The US likes to speak about ‘nuclear threats’ from others without any context, while it is the US that is the most irresponsible player and the rogue state provoking a nuclear arms race and increasing the likelihood of a global nuclear conflict.

“Had the US refrained from creating and using nuclear weapons, the concept of nuclear threat would never have emerged.”

Moscow has repeatedly threatened to deploy nuclear weapons against the West ever since invading Ukraine in 2022 – the US and Europe have offered financial and military backing to Kyiv over the last two years.

At the end of July, Vladimir Putin said it would take just 10 minutes for Russian missiles to hit their intended target.

As Reuters reported, the president claimed: “We will take mirror measures to deploy, taking into account the actions of the United States, its satellites in Europe and in other regions of the world.”

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Russia Facing ‘Costliest’ Period Of War Yet With More Than 1,000 Casualties Per Day, UK Says

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There have been more than 1,000 Russian casualties per day among the troops fighting against Ukraine over the last three months, according to UK intelligence.

The ministry of defence reported over the weekend that “poorly trained Russian soldiers are being used as cannon fodder in an attempt to overwhelm strong Ukrainian forces”.

More than 1,000 soldiers have been killed or wounded soldiers each day on average throughout the summer, the British department claimed, meaning the last three months has become “the costliest” period for Russian forces since the war began.

The MoD tracked the losses going back to March 2022, shortly after Russia first invaded Ukraine in a land grab.

Throughout the first year of war, Russian losses averaged at under 550 per day.

In 2023, the average increased to just under 800 per day.

The MoD speculated that more than 56,250 Russian personnel are likely to have been wounded or killed over the past three months.

Moscow rarely reveals how many casualties have been caused by the war.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said in June that the ratio of “irretrievable losses” between the warring countries was one to five in favour of Moscow, but did not offer exact figures.

In April, the BBC reported 50,000 Russian soldiers have died since the invasion in 2022.

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For the past three months Russian military casualties have been averaging more than 1,000 killed or wounded soldiers a day.

Poorly trained Russian soldiers are being used as cannon fodder in an attempt to overwhelm strong Ukrainian defences.#StandWithUkraine #SlavaUkraini pic.twitter.com/mxH36XNQgd

— Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 (@DefenceHQ) August 16, 2024

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For the past three months Russian military casualties have been averaging more than 1,000 killed or wounded soldiers a day.

Poorly trained Russian soldiers are being used as cannon fodder in an attempt to overwhelm strong Ukrainian defences.#StandWithUkraine #SlavaUkraini pic.twitter.com/mxH36XNQgd

— Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 (@DefenceHQ) August 16, 2024

The MoD update comes shortly after Ukraine’s surprise incursion into Russia earlier this month, which has infuriated the Kremlin.

Kyiv has now taken 445 square miles (1,150 sq kilometres) of Russian land – a fraction of the whopping 42,000 sq miles (109,000 sq kilometres) of Ukrainian land Moscow has illegally annexed.

According to the UK’s MoD though, Russia has been cracking down on access to information for its own population to limit criticism over its invasion.

Moscow has limited WhatsApp and YouTube use by “deliberately slowing traffic” and increasing state control of communications and media.

YouTube may be blocked completely by autumn, the MoD predicted.

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Communications channels are being pulled away as the Kremlin tightens its grip on free expression.
#StandWithUkraine🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/GvRZTasHpF

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Russia is restricting access to information to limit criticism of its destructive invasion of Ukraine.

Communications channels are being pulled away as the Kremlin tightens its grip on free expression.
#StandWithUkraine🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/GvRZTasHpF

— Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 (@DefenceHQ) August 17, 2024