The UK-based research group Conflict Weapons Research claims that the Russian missile fired toward Ukraine had the letters South Korea engraved on it.
The Conflict Arms Research (CAR) compiled its findings in a report and said the remains of the ballistic projectile had handwritten markings in a foreign language.
“On a barometer recorded as part of a missile wreckage in Ukraine on January 11, 2024, CAR investigators observed a label with the handwritten Korean (Hangul) character 'ㅈ,'” the report claims. are doing.
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Missile debris is found in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Earlier this month, Russian forces launched a missile attack on the city center of Kharkiv, injuring 62 people and killing two. Experts believe these missiles were manufactured by North Korea. (Ivan Samoilov, Gwara Media/Global Images Ukraine, via Getty Images)
The meaning of the symbols related to the missile's components was not immediately clear.
In any case, the presence of Korean characters fuels accusations of cooperation between Russia and North Korea. The latter is suspected of producing ballistic missiles intended to invade Ukraine.
“CAR investigators found no Hangul characters on any other parts,” the group reported.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (front row, second from the left) and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (front row, second from the right) inspect a rocket assembly hangar during talks at the Vostochny Cosmodrome outside the city of Tsiolkovsky. Blagoveshchensk city in the Amur region of Russia's far east. (Artyom Geodakyan, Sputnik, Kremlin pool photo, via AP)
The United States and South Korea have publicly claimed that North Korea is providing weapons such as artillery and missiles to Russia to replenish supplies depleted by the war in Ukraine. In return, North Korea is said to receive technological and military insights.
National Security Council Press Secretary John Kirby addressed speculation about a ballistics agreement between Russia and North Korea at a White House press conference earlier this month.
“According to our information, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea recently provided Russia with a ballistic missile launcher and several ballistic missiles,” Kirby told reporters at a White House briefing.
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Fragments of what appears to be a non-Russian missile used by Russia in an attack on the city have been found in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Ivan Samoilov, Gwara Media/Global Images Ukraine, via Getty Images)
Koo Byung-sam, a spokesperson for South Korea's Unification Ministry, said the two countries are closely monitoring diplomatic visits and potential agreements or changes in relations.
When Kim met with President Putin after Kim's visit to Russia in September, the spokesperson accused North Korea and Russia of “continuing illegal cooperative activities, including arms exchanges.”
