North Korean ruling party organ the Rodong Sinmun on Friday accused China and Russia of capitulating to the United States in their support for recent sanctions, in what represents the second attack on Beijing and Moscow by the DPRK’s most widely read newspaper in as many days.

“There is no reason to explain any longer that the unfavorable behavior of the big neighboring countries that surrender to the United States… have made tensions escalate on the Korean peninsula,” the article argued.

“The surrounding great powers… are opposing adamantly the DPRK’s reinforcing self-defensive nuclear-armed forces while unanimously committing to U.S. sanctions and