As reported by Kiev, this is the first time that Russia has used these missiles since the beginning of the war
The Kharkiv District Prosecutor’s Office today provided further evidence that Russia attacked Ukraine with missiles procured from North Korea, presenting their fragments.
A senior adviser to the president, Volodymyr Zelensky, said yesterday that Russia hit Ukraine this week with missiles supplied by North Korea for the first time during its invasion.
Dmytro Chubenko, a spokesman for the prosecutor’s office, said the missile, one of several that hit the city of Kharkiv on January 2, was visually and technically different from Russian models.
“The production method is not very modern. There are requests from standard Iskander missiles, which we saw in the past in strikes in Kharkiv. This missile is similar to one of the North Korean missiles,” Chubenko told media, showing off its remains.
He said the missile was somewhat larger in diameter than the Russian Iskander, while its warhead, internal electrical coils and the rear part of the missile were also different.
“That’s why we’re leaning towards the version that this is probably a missile that was supplied by North Korea,” he concluded.
However, Chubenko refused to mention the exact name of the missile.
Russia attacked Kharkiv with multiple missiles this week, killing two people and injuring more than 60 in one of the biggest missile and drone attacks since the war began in February 2022.
North Korea has been under a United Nations arms embargo since it tested a nuclear bomb in 2006.
United Nations Security Council resolutions — also passed with Russian support — prohibit countries from trading arms or other military equipment with North Korea.
Yesterday, the adviser to the Ukrainian president Mykhailo Podoliak claimed the same, after similar claims made by Washington.
At the same time, state media quoted the governor of Kharkiv region as saying that missiles made outside of Russia were fired into the province in late December and early January.
Podoliak presented no evidence that the missiles are North Korean. Washington cited classified information in its statements yesterday.
Source :Skai
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