“North Korea is preparing to hand over additional ballistic missiles to Russia – USA to the UN November 27, 19:26 Share: North Korean KN-23 ballistic missiles (Photo: ArmiyaInform / Screenshot of DPRK State TV) The United States informed the UN about North Korea’s plans to hand over new ballistic missiles to Russia . This will be an addition to over a hundred missiles that have already been delivered and used by Russia to attack Ukrainian cities. “North Korea is preparing”, — write on: ua.news
North Korean ballistic missiles KN-23 (Photo: ArmiyaInform / Screenshot of the state TV of the DPRK)
The United States informed the UN about North Korea’s plans to transfer new ballistic missiles to Russia. This will be an addition to over a hundred missiles that have already been delivered and used by Russia to attack Ukrainian cities.
“The DPRK is preparing to transfer even more ballistic missiles,” US Deputy Ambassador Robert Wood said on Wednesday, November 27, at a meeting of the UN Security Council, Ukrinform reports.
Wood noted that Pyongyang had previously illegally transferred more than 18,000 containers of ammunition and related materials to Russia, as well as more than 100 ballistic missiles. According to him, these missiles were used to attack Ukrainian cities, in particular Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia.
In addition, he emphasized that the United States has information about the introduction of a large number of self-propelled artillery installations of 170 mm caliber and 240 mm rocket salvo systems produced in North Korea into the war against Ukraine.
According to Wood, in return, Russia transferred air defense systems to North Korea. In addition, Pyongyang receives other supplies, including fuel, technology and dual-purpose equipment.
The US representative also emphasized that China has significant influence over the regime in Pyongyang and must use it immediately to prevent further escalation.
On November 25, the Reuters agency, referring to researchers from the American analytical center and data from satellite images, reported that North Korea is expanding the missile plant that produces the KN-23 missiles that Russia fires at the territory of Ukraine.
On November 25, the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense reported that in the North Korean ballistic missiles KN-23/KN-24, with which the troops of the aggressor country Russia are striking Ukraine, components produced by companies from five countries – the People’s Republic of China, the United States, Japan, United Kingdom and Switzerland.
In order to obtain Western weapons technology, Russia and its allies — Iran and North Korea — use joint schemes to circumvent international sanctions.
The GUR reported that the Russians received more than 100 missiles from the DPRK and used them for the first time against Ukraine at the end of 2023. Thus, as a result of the KN-23/KN-24 strike on a Kyiv high-rise building on January 2, 2024, four people died. On August 11, 2024, a four-year-old boy and his father were killed by KN-23/KN-24 debris in the Kyiv region.
In turn, the commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command, Admiral Samuel Paparo, stated that in exchange for North Korea’s participation in the war against Ukraine, Russia could agree to transfer technologies for the production of missiles and submarines to Pyongyang.