Russia fires North Korean missiles at 'key' Ukrainian energy facility, Zelenskyy says
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported that Russian forces used North Korean KN-23 ballistic missiles to strike a key energy facility. The attack is part of a broader campaign to damage Ukraine's power grid ahead of the winter season.
Why it matters
The use of North Korean weaponry in the Ukraine conflict highlights deepening military cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang, complicating global security dynamics.
Russian forces fired North Korean missiles at a "key" energy facility overnight, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday, as he once again urged allies to accelerate deliveries of interceptor missiles."Technical assessments are ongoing at the sites hit by ballistic missiles. According to preliminary findings, at one of the key energy facilities that was damaged, the Russians used KN-23 missiles manufactured and supplied by North Korea," he wrote in a post on social media.Zelenskyy said Russia had launched 36 ballistic missiles at the capital Kyiv and the surrounding region and that four were shot down.The KN-23 missileThe KN-23 is a North Korean short-range ballistic missile with a top range of around 690 km, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies' Missile Threat site.It is thought to have been first tested in May 2019 and is similar in appearance to the Russian-made Iskander-M missile.Ukraine's defence ministry said in April…
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