North Korean state media on Thursday accused “superpowers,” likely a reference to China and Russia, of “sponging off” the U.S. in their coordination with Washington on the DPRK nuclear issue.

The Rodong Sinmun, an organ of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) and the country’s most widely read newspaper, said that the U.S. has been “compelling and mobilizing large and small countries” in its campaign of sanctions and pressure.

“There are superpowers which hold hands with the U.S. because of the selfish ulterior motive of maintaining the current international order,” the Rodong Sinmunsaid in an over-1500 word