Speaking to Russia Today, retired Major General Pavel Zolotarev warned on the risk of pushing North Korea too hard. Currently, the United States is pursuing a policy of pressurizing North Korea in order to bring the isolated regime on the diplomatic table. However, the Russian general is warning against pressuring North Korea too hard as that might lead to direct military confrontation. He said, “A US strike against North Korea may go against common logic, but when a country is governed by propaganda – and the United States are going through such a period – political decisions go beyond rational logic, and there we can have consequences that are hard to foresee”.

He also warns that North Korea’s plan to strike US base in Guam should be taken seriously and warns of the biggest risk in a military conflict. He says that in a military conflict, North Korea could hold South Korea as hostage and one should remember that South Korea’s capital Seoul is within the strike range of North’s artillery.