Attempts to pressure North Korea into stopping its nuclear
missile program through sanctions are “misguided and futile,”
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned, adding that threats and
provocations would only add more fuel to the fire.
“The situation on the Korean Peninsula, where tensions have
grown recently, is balancing on the brink of a large-scale
conflict. Russia believes that the policy of putting pressure on
Pyongyang to stop its nuclear missile program is misguided and
futile,” Putin, who is due to attend a summit of the BRICS nations
in China next week, wrote ahead of his trip.
https://www.rt.com/news/401723-pyongyang-nuclear-program-putin/