Early evidence shows North Korea's ballistic missiles are back in the war, Zelenskyy says

Debris from a KN-23 missile in Ukraine in 2024. Kyodo News/Reuters Ukraine says initial evidence shows Russia used a North Korean ballistic missile on Thursday. It's the "first time in a while" that the missile, likely a KN-23, was launched in the war. The strike killed at least six people from the same family, including four children. Preliminary data shows that Russia used a North Korean missile in a deadly attack on Ukraine, marking the return of Pyongyang's ballistic weapons after a hiatus in the war, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday. The strike hit a family home in Radushne, a village in southeastern Ukraine, and killed at least six people — four children and their parents. The house was leveled by the missile strike, and four more children are missing, authorities said.