The ballistic missile fired by North Korea on Sunday did not pose a threat to Russia, landing about 500 kilometers from its border, the Russian defense ministry said after Washington suggested that Moscow would be angry. “This missile launch represented no danger for the Russian Federation,” according to a defense ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping expressed concern about rising tensions on the Korean peninsula after a North Korean missile test on Sunday, Putin’s spokesman said. Meeting on the sidelines of an international forum in Beijing, Putin and Xi “discussed the situation on the Korean peninsula in ...
