Zelensky says North Korean missiles used in deadly strikes overnight

Ukraine accused Russia of using North Korean missiles against Dnipropetrovsk province that killed at least 6 people as part of wider airborne assault.

Russia and North Korea have been collaborating in the offensive against Ukraine since 2024.

Ukraine's president says strikes in Zaporizhzhia - which killed at least six and injured 19 - involved ballistic missiles from Russia's ally.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russian forces used ballistic missiles supplied by North Korea in their overnight attack on the south-eastern Ukraine city of Zaporizhzhia, where local officials said six people were killed and 19 wounded.

Ukraine's president has repeatedly sounded the alarm over deepening military ties between Moscow and Pyongyang, often while appealing for more Western air-defence supplies.

Russian attacks on the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia killed at least six people and injured 20, officials said For what it’s worth, Russia’s defence ministry said its overnight strikes targeted military-related ​transport and logistics centres in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and on a major iron ⁠and steelworks it said w

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Russian strikes killed at least nine people and wounded dozens across Ukraine overnight as Moscow launched a barrage of missiles, drones and guided bombs against Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, and Dnipropetrovsk. The attack came after Kyiv warned Russia had received new ballistic missiles from North Korea.

Zelensky has repeatedly warned of deepening military ties between Moscow and Pyongyang.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that between 30,000 and 50,000 North Korean soldiers will be deployed to support Russian forces in the Russia-Ukraine war, an increase from previous estimates. “North Koreans appear on the territory of the Russian Federation from time to time,” he said. “At first,

"A decision has been made for 30,000 to 50,000 North Koreans to be deployed on the territory of Russia,” Zelensky announced on Sunday. He did not say where he got the estimate.

Volodymyr Zelensky said Kyiv had found some North Korean missiles in Ukraine's territory, without disclosing their locations.

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