US and allies accuse Russia of using North Korean missiles against Ukraine

A crater next to a private building destroyed after a Russian missile attack in Novomoskovsk, near Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, on Monday (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)

The US, Ukraine and six allies have accused Russia of using North Korean ballistic missiles and launchers in a series of devastating aerial attacks against Ukraine, in violation of UN sanctions.

Their joint statement, issued ahead of a Security Council meeting on Ukraine, cited the use of North Korean weapons during waves of strikes on December 30, January 2 and January 6 and said the violations increase suffering of the Ukrainian people, “support Russia’s brutal war of aggression, and undermine the global nonproliferation regime”.