Russia has deployed 60 North Korean KN-23 missiles against Ukraine, causing shock and awe in Kiev. The KN-23 missiles have limited accuracy, but remain a significant threat to civilians and infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Russia has used about 60 North Korean KN-23 ballistic missiles in its war against Ukraine, according to Andriy Chernyak, a spokesman for Ukraine\u2019s intelligence service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTheir accuracy is not very high, as they are manufactured using outdated technologies,\u201d Chernyak explained, adding that \u201chowever, they remain very dangerous missiles. The age of missile technology does not reduce their potential to cause harm or take lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Ukrainian official stressed that these missiles pose a significant risk to Ukraine’s industrial infrastructure, targeting key facilities that are critical to the country’s economy and defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Production of KN-23 ballistic missiles<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to the KN-23 missiles, Ukrainian intelligence has raised concerns about the possible supply of North Korean artillery ammunition to Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A. Chernyak noted the possibility of millions of rounds of ammunition and artillery shells being transferred, citing observed cargo and container movements between North Korea and Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe cannot rule out the presence of North Korean artillery shells, either newly produced or from existing stocks,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The cooperation between Russia and North Korea highlights the limits to which Moscow is willing to maintain its military campaign, raising further concerns about the security implications for Ukraine and the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Russia has deployed 60 North Korean KN-23 missiles against Ukraine, causing shock and awe in Kiev. The KN-23 missiles have limited accuracy, but remain…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27650,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2362,7,3830],"tags":[1821,2341,58,1156,1976,3395],"class_list":["post-21649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-military-science","category-research","category-war-in-ukraine","tag-missiles","tag-north-korean","tag-russia","tag-ukraine","tag-war","tag-war-in-ukraine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21649"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21653,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21649\/revisions\/21653"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}