Kim Jong-un’s sister fumes US weapons sent to Ukraine will be ‘burnt into pieces’

North Korea has vowed that any weapons the United States sends to Ukraine to assist in the war against Russia will be “burnt to pieces” in an on-screen tirade.

Kim Jong-un’s sister, Kim Yo Jong called the Russian invasion a “proxy war” which was aimed at destroying Russia.

The secretive and isolated country now has a deepening alignment with Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, The Mirror reports.

North Korea has also pushed the blame for the war in Ukraine onto the United States, saying that the “hegemonic policy” of the West made it necessary for Russia to take military action for security.

Kim Yo Jong claimed that The Biden administration sending main battle tanks to Ukraine was “further crossing the red line”.

She went on to say that the decision is part of a "sinister intention to realize its hegemonic aim by further expanding the proxy war for destroying Russia."

She stated: "The US is the arch criminal which poses serious threat and challenge to the strategic security of Russia and pushes the regional situation to the present grave phase.”

The North Korean leader’s sister continued: "I do not doubt that any military hardware the US and the West boast of will be burnt into pieces in the face of the indomitable fighting spirit and might of the heroic Russian army and people.”

She also made it clear that North Korea will always "stand in the same trench" with Russia.

At the same time as the war in Ukraine has raged, North Korea appears to have used the distraction to accelerate its own weapons development, test-firing more than 70 missiles in 2022 alone, including potentially nuclear-capable weapons believed able to target South Korea and the US mainland.

The United States has accused North Korea of sending large supplies of artillery shells and other ammunition to Russia to support its offensive in Ukraine, although the North has repeatedly denied the claim.

Kim Yo Jong's comments, carried by the official Korean Central News Agency, came after US President Joe Biden on Wednesday said the United States will send 31 M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine.

This reversed months of arguments by Washington that they were too difficult for Ukrainian troops to operate and maintain.

The US decision followed Germany's agreement to send 14 Leopard 2 A6 tanks from its own stocks.

North Korea is the only nation other than Russia and Syria to recognise the independence of Donetsk and Luhansk, two Russian-backed separatist regions in eastern Ukraine, and has also hinted at plans to send workers there to help with rebuilding efforts.

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