Ukraine explores the wreckage of North Korean missiles

About half of the North Korean ballistic missiles, which Russian troops used during the shelling of the territories of Ukraine, went astray and exploded in the air. This was written by Reuters with reference to the data of the Ukrainian prosecutor’s office, which studied the fragments of 21 missiles of approximately 50, launched throughout Ukraine from late December to the end of February this year.

Earlier, UN experts came to the conclusion that the rocket found in Kharkov after the Russian shelling was made in North Korea.

If the fact of the supply of missiles from the DPRK to Russia will be confirmed, this will become a violation of the sanctions that the UN Security Council imposed against Pyongyang in 2006 for the development of a nuclear program and the production of ballistic missiles.

In January, the representative of the US National Security Council John Kirby said that North Korea put Russia's tactical missile systems and ballistic missiles for use in the war against Ukraine. According to him, they were used, in particular, during the Russian shelling of Ukraine on January 2. Then Kirby called the supply of missiles from the DPRK "essential and causing concern to escalation."

The New York Times wrote in February that Russia, in exchange for ammunition, allowed the DPRK to access the global financial system, and also unlocked part of the North Korean assets that fell under the UN sanctions.

In April, Russia imposed a veto on the annual approval of a group of UN observers, which for 15 years followed compliance with the UN sanctions in relation to the DPRK.