After the U.S. Vice President Mike pence visited the demilitarized zones between the South and North Korea and warned that the United States’ strategic patience with North Korea is over and sent a message to North Korea to not to test the resolve of President Trump, Russia has issued a warning to the United States against unilateral action in the region. Vice President Pence said, "In the past two weeks, the world witnessed the strength and resolve of our new president in actions taken in Syria and Afghanistan……North Korea would do well not to test his resolve or the strength of the armed forces of the United States."

Speaking at a news conference, the Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said that this is a very risky path. He added, "We do not accept the reckless nuclear missile actions of Pyongyang that breach UN resolutions, but that does not mean that you can break international law………I hope that there will not be any unilateral actions like the one we saw recently in Syria." Russia has also warned the United States against further unilateral actions on Syria.

China is reportedly working with the United States to resolve the issue with North Korea. However, the North Korean regime has so far remained defiant. It test fired a ballistic missile to commemorate the 105th birthday of the country’s founder Kim Il-Sung but the test failed as the missile detonated immediately after launch.