Russia defends North Korea's ballistic missile launch as 'legitimate right'

Russia defended North Korea's launch of a ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan on the 7th, saying it "respects North Korea's legitimate rights."
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said on the same day that "North Korea's Pyongan Province, Daegwon area
"We detected a FLY object, believed to be a short-range ballistic missile, launched toward the East Sea (Sea of Japan)," the statement said. This marks North Korea's sixth ballistic missile launch this year.
According to Russia's RIA Novosti news agency, a Kremlin spokesman said at a press conference on the same day about North Korea's ballistic missile launch, "North Korea's friends are threatening their own security.
"Regarding peacekeeping activities on the Korean Peninsula, Russia will only take measures to normalize the situation that are in full accordance with North Korea's interests," he said.
We welcome it," he added.