North Korea claims Ukraine war 'is proof you need nukes to avoid being invaded'

Ukraine would not have been attacked had it kept weapons, claims one official
Another North Korea official said only nukes could prevent foreign invasions
They said the regime should prioritise nationals defence above international aid
Ukraine held a bout a third of the Soviet nuclear arsenal after the fall of the USSR
But it gave them up in 1994 in exchange for security guarantees from Russia
Nuclear weapons are the only thing saving North Korea from sharing Ukraine’s fate, party officials believe, in the first sign that even Pyongyang is nervous about Russia’s invasion.

One high-ranking North Korean official said Ukraine would never have been attacked if it had kept its cache of Soviet nuclear weapons.

While another said only nukes could prevent foreign invasions, and that the regime should prioritise national defence above seeking international aid.

The startling admissions were revealed by Daily NK, a newspaper with sources inside the country, based in neighbouring South Korea .

Nuclear weapons are the only thing saving North Korea from sharing Ukraine’s fate, party officials believe.

Pictured: North Korean leader Kim John Un watches a missile launch in July 2019

Kim Jong-un inspecting an alleged nuclear weapon in 2017.

Satellite images showed new activity at North Korea’s Punggye-ri nuclear testing site, which was last used for a detonation in 2017 before it was officially shuttered in 2018

Russian military vehicles and tanks drive on a road near Kyiv. One high-ranking North Korean official said Ukraine would never have been attacked if it had kept its cache of Soviet nuclear weapons

'Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, more and more party cadres in North Korea say Pyongyang can never abandon its nuclear weapons,' the paper reported.

'North Korea is apparently growing more attached to its nuclear arsenal since the crisis in Ukraine.

'The consensus among high-ranking North Korean cadres is that the Ukraine crisis began when Kiev abandoned its nuclear arsenal.'

After the fall of the USSR in 1991, Ukraine held about a third of the Soviet nuclear arsenal, but it gave the weapons up in 1994 in exchange for security guarantees from Russia, Britain and the US.

It comes as satellite images showed new activity at North Korea’s Punggye-ri nuclear testing site, which was last used for a detonation in 2017 before it was officially shuttered in 2018.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) also reported on Monday that there was building work at the Yongbyon nuclear power plant, which produces material for nuclear weapons.

For Lee Yang-goo, the former South Korean ambassador to Ukraine, Russia’s invasion deals a fatal blow to any prospect of denuclearisation.

Speaking to NK News, a specialist publication focusing on the secretive state, he said: 'North Korea already did not have much willingness to denuclearise.

'But looking at the graphic scenes coming out of Ukraine, Pyongyang will further solidify their internal and external justification for possessing nuclear weapons.

'Now, after this crisis, it will be difficult for any country to make a denuclearisation pitch to North Korea.

'North Koreans think that nuclear weapons are the absolute saviour of the country.'

The signs of unease among the North Korean elite appear at odds with the country’s official position on the conflict in Ukraine – which is that the US is to blame.

In a UN vote on March 2, North Korea was one of only four countries to vote against a resolution condemning the invasion.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attending the tree-planting ceremony with the participants in the 2nd Conference of Secretaries of Primary Committees of the WPK on the Tree-planting Day in Pyongyang

Chris Ogden, a senior lecturer in the School of International Relations at the University of St Andrews, said Pyongyang’s position was more about mollifying Russia than condemning Ukraine.

'I am not sure if Pyongyang has any reason to openly scorn Ukraine,' he said.

'I think that these statements are more about maintaining some linkages with Moscow and doing its best to maintain these relations.

'In this sense, Ukraine could be any other country in the region.

'What matters more to North Korea is to support Russia and to couch this support in terms of ongoing western imperialism as a threat to Russia's national sovereignty – which Pyongyang also fears.'

The example of Ukraine is not the only reason North Korea fears giving up its nukes.

Pyongyang already viewed the denuclearisation of Libya in 2003 as a cautionary tale, noting how NATO later intervened there in 2011, leading to the death of its leader, Muammar Gaddafi.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10594271/amp/North-Korea-claims-Ukraine-war-proof-need-nukes-avoid-invaded.html

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1stGenAmerican:
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