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Michele Kelemen

U.S. says Russia has made 'shameful' moves toward new North Korea arms deals

In side-by-side photos: Russian President Vladimir Putin listens during a meeting in Moscow, Aug. 23, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during a meeting of the ruling Workers' Party at its headquarters in Pyongyang, North Korea, in early 2023. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool and Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

The United States has accused Russia of trying to do major arms deals with North Korea, following a new U.S. intelligence report that claimed the two countries were "actively advancing" high-level talks for additional weapons to support Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

On Wednesday, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, stood alongside her counterparts from Japan, South Korea and Britain to condemn Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu for going to a recent military parade in North Korea, also known as the DPRK.

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