North Korea’s foreign minister on Tuesday condemned the U.S. decision to supply cluster munitions to Ukraine, accusing Washington of harming the “lives of peaceful citizens” in order to further its ambitions.

The criticism comes after President Joe Biden announced the decision to arm Kyiv with the controversial weapons on Friday, framing it as a temporary measure to hold over Ukrainian forces running out of ammunition.

“We strongly condemn the U.S. decision to provide weapons of mass destruction to Ukraine as a dangerous criminal act that will plunge the world into a new disaster and demand it be withdrawn immediately,” foreign