Russia refutes the claims made by the United States that Moscow has breached the sanctions regime against North Korea, Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia said on Monday, Sputnik reported.

Nebenzia commented on the US sanctions on two Russian companies and six vessels, including merchant vessel The Patriot, allegedly for conducting ship-to-ship oil transfers to North Korea.

"On the Patriot oil tanker, the group of experts themselves said the ship was not in violation of the sanctions regime," he told the UN Security Council.

The statement of the Russian official addressed the claims of the US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley, who had urged Moscow to end the violations of sanctions against North Korea and not attempt to hide these breaches of the international rules.