Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said North Korea will "stand in the same trench" when Russia confronts the United States, in a statement published by North Korea's Central News Agency.

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(Central News Agency) North Korea today condemned the U.S. pledge to provide tanks to Ukraine, saying Washington had "further crossed a red line" in its bid to win supremacy through a proxy war, North Korea's KCNA news agency reported.

Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said North Korea would "stand in the same trench" as Russia confronts the United States, according to a statement carried by the state-run KCNA news agency.

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After Germany announced the supply of Leopard 2 tanks (Leopard 2) to Ukraine, the United States followed up this week and will also supply 31 of the most advanced tanks in the United States.

Western countries have pledged to provide weapons mainly for attack, breaking a taboo on Western support for Ukraine against Russian aggression.

"I am deeply concerned that the United States has escalated the situation of war by supplying Ukraine with military hardware for ground attacks," Kim said in a statement, adding that the United States and the West "have no right or reason to slander sovereignty." States exercise their right to self-defense".

Nuclear-armed North Korea launched a record number of missiles last year, including intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the continental United States.

U.S. and South Korean officials have also warned that North Korea may be preparing to test a nuclear device for the first time since 2017.