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U.S., North Korea “very close” to armed conflict: Russian FM spokesperson

Kremlin claims come as U.S. officials say war is "not imminent"

A military conflict between North Korea and the United States is “very close,” a spokesperson for the Russian foreign ministry said on Sunday evening.

“How far the situation has gone… Well, it has come very close to a potential possibility of a force conflict,” Maria Zakharova, Director of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, said in comments carried on the Rossiya-1 TV station.

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