Russia is hitting Ukraine with North Korean missiles with Western components

The most important components are produced by nine Western manufacturers.

In January-November, Russia launched a Ukraine 194 ballistic missiles, of which about 60 are North Korean KN-23s that have been found to have parts made in Western countries.

CNN writes about it.

According to the publication, some parts of the KN-23/24 missiles were manufactured in 2023.

“Everything that works to control the rocket, to make it fly, are all foreign components. All the electronics are foreign. There is nothing Korean about it. The only thing that is Korean is the metal, which quickly rusts and corrodes,” he said. head of the Military Research Laboratory of the Kyiv Research Institute of Forensic Expertise Andriy Kulchytskyi.

A report published earlier this year by the British research organization Conflict Armament Research (CAR) found that 75% of the components of one of the first North Korean missiles launched over Ukraine were…