It comes after a US navy said it had sent a strike near North Korea as tensions mount in a show of force against North Korea’s “reckless” nuclear weapons programme.
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Senator Viktor Ozerov, chairman Russian upper house’s defence and security committee claims North Korea could launch an attack at any day
A senior Moscow politician claimed that after the US strike on Syria with Tomahawk missiles, North Korea could launch an attack at any day.
Senator Viktor Ozerov, chairman Russian upper house’s defence and security committee, said: “In case Pyongyang sees a threat to its security in the US Navy naval presence, it might push the North Korean leadership to further rash action.
He claimed: After Trump’s action in Syria, a US strike on North Korea is possible. Such a risk is not ruled out.
He added: “The US strike on the airbase of the Syrian armed forces, which was not unanimously condemned in the UN Security Council, was explained by threat to the US national security.
“And North Korea can be perceived in Washington as an even bigger threat.”
Ozerov – seen as close to Vladimir Putin – stressed that the United States carried out strikes on Syria’s airfield using alleged chemical attack in Idlib as a pretext.
He said: “North Korea did not sign the convention on chemical weapons prohibition. It might provoke Trump’s strike on North Korea.”
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