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A Ukrainian study analyzed debris from 21 of 50 North Korean ballistic missiles fired by Ukraine“>Russia over two months to assess the threat posed by Moscow’s cooperation with Pyongyang.
“About half of North Korea‘s missiles deviated from their programmed trajectories and exploded in midair; in such cases, no debris was found,” the prosecutor’s report states.
The last recorded use of Russian KN-23 (Hwasong-11) missiles was on February 27. From 2023 December 30 a total of 24 people were killed and another 115 were injured as a result of missile strikes in Ukraine. Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office did not say whether any of the missiles were intercepted by anti-aircraft defense systems.
May 1 Ukraine’s Center for Strategic Communication and Information Security under the Ministry of Culture claimed on Telegram that Russia is conducting tests of North Korean-made missiles in Ukraine.
“Russia is testing North Korean missiles in Ukraine in the same way it tested Shahab missiles for Iran before using them against Israel,” the statement said.
At the beginning of January, the spokesman of the US National Security Council, John Kirby, stated that Russia in 2023 30 December, as well as 2024 January 2 and 6 struck Ukraine using North Korean ballistic missiles.
On January 6, according to the White House, Russia once again fired several North Korean missiles into Ukraine.
South Korea’s representative to the United Nations, Hwang Joon-kook, has claimed that North Korea is using Ukraine as a “testing ground” to test ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads.
January 11 Prosecutor General of Ukraine Andriy Kostin announced that the Prosecutor General’s Office has received preliminary evidence that Russia is using North Korean missiles.
North Korea has dismissed US accusations that it is supplying Russia with ballistic missiles for its war against Ukraine as “baseless”, according to the Defense Blog.
2024-05-08 20:02:59