Key updates on Feb. 21: * BBC reports Ukrainian HIMARS strike in occupied Donetsk Oblast kills dozens of Russian troops * Reuters: Iran supplies 'hundreds of ballistic missiles' to Russia * Russia used 2 Zircon hypersonic missiles in Feb. 7 attack, expert says * Report: North Korean missiles used by Russia against Ukraine contain
A North Korean ballistic missile fired into Ukraine by the Russian military last month contained hundreds of components produced by companies in the U.S. and Europe, the Conflict Armament Research (CAR) organization announced in a recent report.
Russian President Vladimir Putin gave his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong Un a car to signify their "special personal relations," the state-controlled Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Feb. 20.
"Currently, at least 24 ballistic missiles that were most likely produced in North Korea were used during Russian missile attacks on the territory of Ukraine" between Dec. 30, 2023, and Feb. 7, Prosecutor General Andrii Kostin told journalists in Kyiv.
Two of the five missiles Russia launched at Kharkiv early on Feb. 7 were made in North Korea, said Serhii Bolvinov, the head of the investigative department of the Kharkiv Oblast police.
Sources told the New York Times that Russia had helped unblock $9 million in North Korean funds frozen at a Russian bank.
"Yes, we can confirm that if we are talking about artillery rounds, such cooperation between the two regimes is being documented. North Korea has already delivered a significant part of artillery rounds to Russia," military intelligence (HUR) spokesperson Andrii Yusov told Ukrinform.
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