▲ John Kirby, National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications, is seen speaking during a press briefing at the Foreign Press Center in Washington on Aug. 16, 2023 in this captured image. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

N Korea-Russia-arms transfers

Russia fired more N. Korean ballistic missiles at Ukraine following earlier launches: White House

By Song Sang-ho

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- Russia recently fired additional North Korean ballistic missiles into Ukraine following earlier launches, a White House official said Tuesday, reiterating the arms transfers between Moscow and Pyongyang violate multiple U.N. Security Council resolutions.

John Kirby, the National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications, revealed the new missile launches. Last Thursday, he announced that Pyongyang recently provided Russia with several dozen ballistic missiles as well as ballistic missile launchers.

"We are still assessing the impacts of these strikes, but we can confirm that at least one of them landed in Kharkiv," Kirby told a press briefing.

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