Russia is shipping Petroleum to North Korea

[Ted Frazier]

The USA has imposed sanctions on North Korea. Trump supports these sanctions, and has lashed out against China when the Chinese have been soft on enforcing these sanctions.
It remains to be seen whether Putin's puppet will risk angering his pupeteer as Russia is said to be undermining the sanctions against North Korea, the Washington Post reports today:
How Russia quietly undercuts sanctions intended to stop North Korea’s nuclear program

 

[Stratford57]

And Ukraine is selling rocket engines for ballistic missiles to NK. American taxpayers have to pay for Ukraine, not for Russia though.

NYT:
North Korea’s success in testing an intercontinental ballistic missile that appears able to reach the United States was made possible by black-market purchases of powerful rocket engines probably from a Ukrainian factory. Government investigators and experts have focused their inquiries on a missile factory in Dnipro, Ukraine.

Experts believe it is the most likely source of the engines that in July powered the two ICBM tests, which were the first to suggest that North Korea has the range, if not necessarily the accuracy or warhead technology, to threaten American cities.

North Korea’s Missile Success Is Linked to Ukrainian Plant, Investigators Say

 

[usmbguest5318]

Russia is shipping Petroleum to North Korea

Old "news."

• June 2017
  • As China pulls trade from North Korea, Russia gets cozy with Kim Jong Un
    
  • Defector: North Korea procures Russian oil through contacts in Singapore
• August 2017 -- The secret to North Korea’s ICBM success <-- This document is worth reading.

We shouldn't be surprised if we not too far off hear some actual news along the lines of "Russian tanker bound for the DPRK suffers catastrophic accident; oil slick spans hundreds of miles." After all, accidents do happen.

 

[Darkwind]

Russia is shipping Petroleum to North Korea

Old "news."

• June 2017
  • As China pulls trade from North Korea, Russia gets cozy with Kim Jong Un
    
  • Defector: North Korea procures Russian oil through contacts in Singapore

We shouldn't be surprised if we not too far off hear some actual news along the lines of "Russian tanker bound for the DPRK suffers catastrophic accident; oil slick spans hundreds of miles." After all, accidents do happen.

I agree. That would be just such a tragic event.

 

[usmbguest5318]

The secret to North Korea’s ICBM success

Reading the document referenced above, one observes that the DPRK has obtained its nuclear ability in much the same way Russia did in the post-WWII era -- illegally.

• Cold War, 1945-53 | History Hub
  
• Spies Who Spilled Atomic Bomb Secrets | History | Smithsonian
  
• Milestones: 1945–1952 - Office of the Historian
  
• A Brief History of Nuclear Proliferation

 

[Ted Frazier]

And Ukraine is selling rocket engines for ballistic missiles to NK. American taxpayers have to pay for Ukraine, not for Russia though.

NYT:
North Korea’s success in testing an intercontinental ballistic missile that appears able to reach the United States was made possible by black-market purchases of powerful rocket engines probably from a Ukrainian factory. Government investigators and experts have focused their inquiries on a missile factory in Dnipro, Ukraine.

Experts believe it is the most likely source of the engines that in July powered the two ICBM tests, which were the first to suggest that North Korea has the range, if not necessarily the accuracy or warhead technology, to threaten American cities.

North Korea’s Missile Success Is Linked to Ukrainian Plant, Investigators Say

So Trump is going to do nothing about either country? That's some defense: "My favorite politician is even weaker than you think!"