Bloomberg: Russia uses North Korean missiles for the shelling of Ukraine

Russia used North Korean missiles during massive shelling of Ukraine on December 29 and January 2. It is reported by Bloomberg with reference to the representative of the White House John Kirby.

According to American intelligence, the Russian missile arsenal has been greatly reduced recently and the Russian military has increasingly use Iranian and North Korean production shells. Kirby said that the United States will expand sanctions against the countries that supply Russia.

The Armed Forces cannot yet confirm the US information about the use of Russian military missiles from the DPRK, said the representative of the Air Force forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Yuri Ignat:

“The rocket flies, falls, bursts into small pieces, scattered, and try to install there what they hit. Exactly that ballistics, and what ballistics, whose rocket - we must understand. So far, we do not have data that such rockets are used. The statement was from the United States. Therefore, experts will study the wreckage, then it will already be possible to say whether there is such a fact or not. I can’t confirm this yet. ”

On December 29 and January 2, about 50 people were killed as a result of Russian shelling in Ukraine, more than 100 people were injured.