North Korean missile fired at Ukraine contains British part
Photo: North Korean missile contains a British 2023 part (KCNA)
The War&Sanctions portal has published a list of foreign-made components found in North Korean KN-23/KN-24 ballistic missiles. At least one of them - a voltage converter labeled by the British manufacturer XP Power - was manufactured in February 2023, after the start of the full-scale invasion, according to the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine.
“To obtain technologies for their weapons programs, Russia and its allies, the DPRK and Iran, use joint schemes to circumvent international sanctions,” the statement said.
Photo: Defense Intelligence of Ukraine
Photo: Defense Intelligence of Ukraine
Photo: Defense Intelligence of Ukraine
Photo: Defense Intelligence of Ukraine
Photo: Defense Intelligence of Ukraine
Photo: Defense Intelligence of Ukraine
Photo: Defense Intelligence of Ukraine
According to the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine, Russia has received more than 100 such missiles from the DPRK. Russia first used these weapons in the war against Ukraine at the end of 2023. Along with the missiles, Pyongyang then sent its military specialists to Russia to service the launchers and participate in war crimes against Ukraine.
The victims of KN-23/KN-24 strikes have repeatedly been Ukrainian civilians both in frontline communities and in settlements remote from the combat line, the intelligence noted.
In particular, on January 2, 2024, a North Korean missile hit a Kyiv high-rise building, killing 4 people. On August 11, 2024, a four-year-old boy and his father were killed in the Kyiv region by the debris of KN-23/KN-24, and 3 other citizens were injured.
The KN-23/KN-24 missile used by Russia against Ukraine contained foreign components manufactured by companies from five countries: China, the United States, Japan, the UK, and Switzerland, the GUR reported.
Earlier, a representative of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine told CNN that since the beginning of 2024, Russia has fired about 60 North Korean KN-23 missiles into the country. This is almost one in three of the total number of 194 ballistic missiles.
Earlier, the War&Sanctions portal published a list of components found in KN-23/KN-24 missiles and components manufactured by 19 companies from seven countries - the United States, China, Japan, the Netherlands, Germany, the UK, and Switzerland.
