U.S. and Western interference in Ukraine is the reason for the ongoing crisis in the country, a spokesman for North Korea's foreign ministry said in an interview on Thursday.
Speaking with Russian state news agency ITAR-TASS in Pyongyang, the unnamed spokesman sided firmly with President Vladimir Putin, saying that the crisis was part of a plot to install a pro-Western government in Ukraine and to "isolate and weaken Russia".
U.S. and Western interference in Ukraine is the reason for the ongoing crisis in the country, a spokesman for North Korea's foreign ministry said in an interview on Thursday.
Speaking with Russian state news agency ITAR-TASS in Pyongyang, the unnamed spokesman sided firmly with President Vladimir Putin, saying that the crisis was part of a plot to install a pro-Western government in Ukraine and to "isolate and weaken Russia".
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