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Russia is delivering oil to North Korea above UN mandated levels - US authorities

Russia has actually been silently delivering fine-tuned petroleum to North Korea at levels that appear to breach the requireds of the United Nations Security Council, a U.S. official stated on Thursday, adding the U.S. is preparing new sanctions in action.

The disclosure began the very first day after a U.N. panel of specialists keeping an eye on enforcement of longstanding U.N. sanctions against North Korea for its nuclear weapons and rocket programs was dissolved after a Russian veto.

At the very same time that Moscow vetoed the panel's mandate renewal, Russia has been delivering fine-tuned petroleum from Port Vostochny to the DPRK (North Korea). Russian shipments have currently pressed DPRK imports above the 500,000-barrel annual cap mandated by the U.N. Security Council, the U.S. official told , speaking on condition of privacy.

The official said that in March alone, Russia delivered more than 165,000 barrels of refined petroleum to North Korea and that provided the close proximity of North and russian Korean commercial ports, Russia might sustain these deliveries forever.

Russia obstructed the annual renewal of the panel in late March in what the U.S. official referred to as a computed relocation by Moscow to conceal its own violations of UN Security Council resolutions.

The authorities stated the United States will continue to impose sanctions against those working to assist in arms and refined petroleum transfers between Russia and the DPRK.

We have previously worked to collaborate self-governing sanctions designations with our partners-- including Australia, the European Union, Japan, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, and the United Kingdom-- and we will continue to do so, the official said.

North Korea has actually been assisting Russia in its war against Ukraine by providing ballistic rockets.

(source: Reuters)