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Pentagon Declines to Comment on Reports of Ukraine Selling Arms to N Korea

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The US Department of Defense declined to comment on reports of Ukraine selling military technology to North Korea.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The US Department of Defense declined to comment on reports of Ukraine selling military technology to North Korea and referred to the Intelligence Community to respond, Department spokesman Col. Rob Manning said during a press briefing.

"I am familiar with the article. What I have to do is refer you to the intelligence community," Manning stated on Monday.

Earlier in the day, The New York Times newspaper reported citing an expert analysis and classified assessments by US intelligence agencies, North Korea’s successes in testing an intercontinental ballistic missile may be attributed to purchases of rocket engines from Ukraine.

In this photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, South Korea's Hyunmoo II Missile system, left, and U.S. Army Tactical Missile System, right, fire missiles during the combined military exercise between the two countries against North Korea at an undisclosed location in South Korea, Saturday, July 29, 2017. - Sputnik International
Ukraine Security Council Denies Reports of Arms Supplies to N Korea
Following the article, Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov denied the allegations, saying the information "was probably instigated by Russian security services." 

Ukraine's Yuzhmash aerospace equipment manufacturer, in its turn, said in a statement that the organization had nothing to do with North Korea's space or defense-related missile programs.

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