North Korean threats to deliver "preventive nuclear strikes" could create a legal basis for the use of military force against the country, Russia's Foreign Ministry warned on Monday.
The Russian statement, which follows a North Korean response to the largest joint U.S.-South Korea military drills to ever occur on the peninsula, underscores growing concern about developments between the two Koreas.
North Korean threats to deliver "preventive nuclear strikes" could create a legal basis for the use of military force against the country, Russia's Foreign Ministry warned on Monday.
The Russian statement, which follows a North Korean response to the largest joint U.S.-South Korea military drills to ever occur on the peninsula, underscores growing concern about developments between the two Koreas.
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