The Russian Federation has tried to cover up its likely involvement in the implementation of the North Korean ballistic missile programs by spreading allegations of Ukraine's supplies of missile technology to the DPRK, according to the press service of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.
Ukraine could not have contributed to the development of North Korea’s missile program, Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin wrote in an op-ed published by The New York Times as a response to the report of August 14 alleging supplies of missile technology from Ukraine to DPRK.
Ukraine's Ambassador to Japan Ihor Kharchenko has denied a recent claim that a state-owned plant in his country leaked rocket-engine technology possibly used by North Korea to develop intercontinental ballistic missiles, The Japan Times has reported.
The United States takes very seriously the reports on the supply of rocket engines from Ukraine to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), according to State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert.
Given Moscow’s friendly relations with Pyongyang and the availability of seven to 20 pieces of ready-made "Tsyklon 2" and "Tsyklon 3" rockets, Russia has every reason and opportunity for the supply to North Korea of missile engines and technology that can be used for military purposes, acting chief of the State Space Agency of Ukraine Yury Radchenko told a press conference in Kyiv on Tuesday.
The reports about the alleged supply of Ukrainian missile technology to North Korea are based on statements provided by an expert affiliated with Russia, Deputy Minister of Information Policy Dmytro Zolotukhin wrote on Facebook.