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The rocket launched from the landfill in North Korea flew over Japanese territory, reports Reuters. The UN Security Council at the request of the United States, Japan and South Korea will hold an emergency meeting.

The rocket launched from the landfill near Pyongyan shortly until 6 a.m. local time (midnight in Moscow) and overcame a distance of 2700 km, reaching a height of 550 km. At the same time, the rocket flew over the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido and fell into the Pacific Ocean about 1180 km from the coast of Japan. It is reported that before the fall, the rocket fell apart into three parts. According to the US military, the Hwason-12 medium-range missile was launched.

In connection with the launch of the rocket, the President of South Korea Moon Zhe in convened an emergency meeting of the National Security Council, and the country's armed forces were brought into a state of increased combat readiness.

“The reckless action of North Korea is an unprecedented, serious and severe threat to our nation,” said Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. “Japan will seek an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council. It calls the world community from the UN platform to strengthen pressure on North Korea.”

In connection with the launch of the rocket, Abe held a telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump. "Japan and the USA agree that it is necessary to increase pressure on North Korea," the Japanese prime minister said. At the same time, Abe noted that in the conversation the leaders "confirmed the need to interact with China and Russia" in this matter, saying that "we must influence China and Russia so that they change their approach" to Pyongyang.

Reuters later, citing diplomatic sources, said that the emergency meeting of the UN Security Council will take place on Tuesday evening. Japan, the United States and South Korea spoke with the demand to convene a meeting.

At the same time, Deputy Minister of Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Ryabkov opposed the tightening of sanctions against North Korea. "It is already obvious to everyone that the resource of sanctions on the DPRK has been exhausted," the official said. Ryabkov noted that Moscow was alarmed by the "tendency to escalation" of the situation on the Korean peninsula. According to the deputy head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, passing joint teachings of the United States and South Korea "had an influence from the point of view of Pyongyang provocation" on a new launch. "

The last time the North Korean missile flew over the territory of Japan in 2009. Then Japan, the USA and South Korea considered this a test of a ballistic missile, but Pyongyang claimed that it was a rocket that delivered a satellite into space.

On August 5, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted the US -prepared resolution on new sanctions against the DPRK. The document was prepared in response to two launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles carried out by Pyongyan in July .

Sanctions are prohibited by UN members to import coal, iron, iron ore, lead and seafood from the DPRK, hire new workers from North Korea and open new joint enterprises with this country. According to the US State Department, this will reduce the annual profit of the DPRK from exports from 3 to 2 billion dollars a year.