LONDON, July 30 (Reuters) – A Russian overnight attack that killed a family near the Ukrainian city of \u200bKryvyi Rih likely used a North Korean missile, \u200ctwo sources said, in what would be the first time such a weapon had been fired in the war in nearly \u200ba year.<\/p>\n
Russia has fired North Korean missiles at \u200bUkrainian targets before, but their deployment after a \u2060lengthy gap points to a fresh stock of \u200bweapons Moscow can draw on as it intensifies missile attacks on \u200bits neighbour, one of the sources added.<\/p>\n
Sign up here.<\/a><\/p>\n Russia pounded Ukraine<\/a> with dozens of missiles and hundreds of drones overnight, killing eight people, President Volodymyr \u200bZelenskiy said, decrying shortages of air defence supplies \u200band urging allies to help.<\/p>\n The military source, who requested anonymity due \u200cto \u2060the sensitivity of the information, said August 8, 2025 was the last time that Ukraine confirmed a Russian strike using a North Korean missile.<\/p>\n Russia began firing North \u200bKorean KN-23 and \u200bKN-24 short-range \u2060ballistic missiles at Ukraine towards the end of 2023.<\/p>\n North Korea has been a close \u200bally of Russia for much of the \u200bconflict \u2060in Ukraine, providing thousands of troops and millions of artillery shells for the war effort in addition to the \u2060missiles.<\/p>\n The \u200bUkrainian air force did not immediately \u200brespond to a written response for comment.<\/p>\n Reporting by Tom Balmforth in \u200bLondon and Lizzie Johnson in Kyiv; editing by Mike Collett-White<\/p>\n Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tab<\/a><\/p>\n