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N Korea denies arms supplied for Russian mercenaries in Ukraine

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaks during a visit to the Central Officers School of the ruling Workers Party in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this photo released in October 2022 [File: KCNA via Reuters]

North Korea’s foreign ministry has denounced as “absurd” a United States report that the Russian mercenary force, Wagner Group, had received a shipment of North Korean rockets and missiles to support Moscow’s war in Ukraine.

White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said on Thursday that Pyongyang had sent an initial cache of weapons to the Wagner Group, which is searching worldwide for arms manufacturers who can supply its military operations in Ukraine.

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