俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京已经接近朝鲜"手里拿着一个锡杯要求武器弹药和支援"在他的国家入侵乌克兰的时候参谋长联席会议主席马克·米利将军在一次新的采访中告诉ABC新闻的玛莎·拉德达茨。
然而,米利认为,如果俄罗斯成功从朝鲜获得武器,他怀疑这将在乌克兰战争中“产生实质性的影响”。
拉达茨对即将退休的米莉的离职采访将于周日在美国广播公司的“本周”节目中播出。
据莫斯科称,普京将在未来几天会见朝鲜领导人金正恩,讨论“双边关系”。
周一,朝鲜国家通讯社证实,金正日将在俄罗斯会见普京,一名韩国官员告诉美国广播公司新闻,金正日正乘火车前往俄罗斯东部的符拉迪沃斯托克,参加预计与普京的会晤。
普京被认为是从朝鲜为俄罗斯的榴弹炮寻找弹药,因为它耗尽了乌克兰战争中使用的弹药。美国官员认为,作为回报,俄罗斯可能会提供可能有助于朝鲜导弹和核计划的武器技术。
2023年9月11日,参谋长联席会议主席马克·米利将军在五角大楼接受美国广播公司新闻的玛莎·拉德达茨采访。
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美国官员抓住这次旅行作为普京在战争中虚弱的证据。
在与Raddatz的谈话中,Milley描述了普京对Kim的要求是如何“与他们以前的关系相反,这非常有趣。”
他指出,朝鲜和俄罗斯的战略关系可以追溯到第二次世界大战结束时,“所以他们有关系并不奇怪。”
“现在,由于乌克兰战争,俄罗斯正面临各种挑战,其中一个挑战就是军火,”米利说。
当Raddatz问及他可能从会晤中获得什么时,Milley谈到普京时说:“他可能会得到一些东西。”“我不确定有多少或多快,但他可能会从朝鲜人那里得到一些东西。”
“但我不知道他们会得到这么多,这将产生实质性的差异,”米莉补充说。
Top US general describes Putin with 'tin cup in hand' asking North Korea for munitions
Russian President Vladimir Putinhas approached North Korea"with a tin cup in hand asking for weapons munitions and support"amid his country's invasion of Ukraine, Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told ABC News' Martha Raddatz in a new interview.
However, Milley believes that if Russia succeeds in obtaining arms from North Korea, he doubts it will "make a substantive difference" in the war in Ukraine.
Raddatz's exit interview with Milley, who is retiring, will air on ABC's "This Week" on Sunday.
Putin is set to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in the coming days to talk "bilateral relations," according to Moscow.
On Monday, North Korea’s state news agency confirmed that Kim would meet with Putin in Russia and a South Korean official told ABC News that Kim was traveling by train to Vladivostok in eastern Russia for the expected meeting with Putin.
Putin is thought to be seeking ammunition from North Korea for Russia's howitzer artillery as it burns through its supply of rounds being used in the war in Ukraine. U.S. officials believe that in return, Russia may offer weapons technology that could assist North Korea's missile and nuclear programs.
U.S. officials have seized on the trip as evidence, they argue, of Putin's weakness as his war grinds on.
Speaking with Raddatz, Milley described how Putin's request of Kim "is an inverse of their previous relationship, which is pretty fascinating."
He noted that North Korea and Russia have had strategic ties dating back to the end of World War II,"so it's not a surprise that they have a relationship."
"Now, because of the war in Ukraine, Russia is having all kinds of challenges and one of their challenges is in munitions," Milley said.
"He'll probably get something," Milley said of Putin, when asked by Raddatz what he might obtain from the meeting. "I'm not sure how much or how fast, but he'll probably get something out of the North Koreans."
"But I don't know that they're gonna get so much that it'll make a substantive difference," Milley added.