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U.S. accuses China, Russia of enabling North Korea's Kim Jong Un

The United States accused China and Russia on Wednesday of enabling North Korean leader Kim Jong Un by protecting Pyongyang from attempts to strengthen U.N. Security Council sanctions imposed over its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs.  

In May, China and Russia vetoed the U.S. -led push to impose more U.N. sanctions on North Korea over its renewed ballistic missile launches.