U.S. targets Russians in new North Korea sanctions after missile launches

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States imposed fresh North Korea-related sanctions on Friday, targeting Russian individuals and companies after U.S. and South Korean officials said Pyongyang had used its largest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) system in two recent launches.

The sanctions, announced by the U.S. Treasury, targeted two Russian nationals and three Russian firms it linked to North Korea's procurement activities for its missile programs.

The measures come amid concerns that North Korea may soon follow through on threats to resume full testing of long-range ICBMs and nuclear weapons for the first time since 2017.

The U.S. Treasury named the Russians as Aleksandr Andreyevich Gayevoy and Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Chasovnikov, both of Vladivostok. It named the Russian firms as Apollon OOO, Zeel–M Co., Ltd, and RK Briz OOO.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-imposes-north-korea-related-211331145.html

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1. They weren't ICBM launches

This misrepresentation has been made repeatedly in the media. They were medium range ballistic missiles.


"The missile appears to be similar to the Pukguksong-2 missile, a road-mobile solid-fuel MRBM, known to be the North's ground-based variant of its submarine-launched ballistic missile, the Pukguksong-1, according to observers."

https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20220227000355325

"The unidentified booster is most likely an existing type of road-mobile MRBM since it is unlikely that the first test launch of a new-type booster would also be used to test satellite components..."

North Korea Tests Spy Satellite Components
BY: VANN H. VAN DIEPEN
MARCH 9, 2022

https://www.38north.org/2022/03/north-korea-tests-spy-satellite-components/