HeyA United Nations panel of experts monitoring the implementation of sanctions against North Korea revealed that the debris from the missile that fell in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on January 2 was from a ballistic missile of the Hwasong-11 series from North Korea.
In the 32-page report, seen by Reuters, experts concluded that “debris recovered from a missile that crashed in Kharkiv, Ukraine on January 2, 2024, was derived from a Hwasong-11 series missile from the Democratic People’s Party of Korea.” [RPDC]Violating the arms embargo imposed on North Korea.
North Korea, officially known as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, has been under UN sanctions over its missile and nuclear programs since 2006, and these measures have been tightened over the years.
In this sense, three experts from the sanctions team traveled to Ukraine earlier this month to inspect the debris, and they found no evidence that the missile was made by Russia.
However, trajectory information provided by Ukrainian authorities “suggests that the missile was launched on the territory of the Russian Federation,” they wrote in an April 25 report to the Security Council’s North Korea Sanctions Committee.
They further stated that “such a location, if the missile were under the control of Russian forces, would likely indicate that it was taken over by citizens of the Russian Federation,” adding that this would be a violation of the law.
It is noteworthy that the United States and other countries accused North Korea of transferring weapons to Russia for use against Ukraine, which it invaded in February 2022. Both Moscow and Pyongyang denied these accusations, but last year they promised to deepen military relations. .
At a UN Security Council meeting in February, the United States accused Russia of firing DPRK-supplied ballistic missiles at Ukraine on at least nine occasions.
UN experts say Pyongyang tested Hwasong-11 series ballistic missiles for the first time in 2019.
Last month, Russia vetoed the annual renewal of the UN panel of experts that for 15 years has monitored the implementation of UN sanctions on North Korea over its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes. The mandate of the current expert committee ends on Tuesday.
A few days after the January 2 attack, the Kharkiv Region Prosecutor's Office showed fragments of the missile to the media, noting that it was different from Russian models and that “it is possible that this is a missile provided by North Korea.”
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