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Zelenskyy: Russia used North Korean missile in attack for first time
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Zelenskyy: Russia used North Korean missile in attack for first time

From Veฤernji List · () Croatian

Translated from Croatian, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Russia used a North Korean ballistic missile for the first time in an attack on Ukraine, according to preliminary data from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
  • The attack on the village of Radushna near Kryvyi Rih killed six people, including two young girls, and injured eight.
  • Zelenskyy accused Russia and North Korea of collaborating to kill Ukrainian children.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Russia used a North Korean ballistic missile for the first time in an attack on the Ukrainian village of Radushna. Preliminary data suggests the missile was of North Korean origin, according to Zelenskyy's evening video address on Thursday.

The attack near Kryvyi Rih, Zelenskyy's birthplace, killed six people. Among the victims were two girls, aged five and 12. Eight others were injured in the strike. Separately, one person died in Kyiv from Russian attacks.

In Radushna, the Russians used a missile from North Korea for the first time in a long time, this is shown by preliminary data.

โ€” Volodymyr ZelenskyyPresident Zelenskyy's evening video address

Zelenskyy condemned the alleged collaboration between Russia and North Korea, calling it an alliance of "Moscow's scum" with the "crazy North Korean regime." He vowed that analyses would be conducted to confirm the missile's origin. In total, at least seven people were killed across Ukraine in ballistic missile attacks on Thursday.

Moscow's scum with the crazy North Korean regime

โ€” Volodymyr ZelenskyyDescribing the alleged alliance behind the attack
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Originally published by Veฤernji List in Croatian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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