The War&Sanctions portal has published another list of foreign-made components found in North Korean ballistic missiles KN-23/KN-24.

The aggressor state of russia has received more than 100 such missiles from the DPRK. The enemy first used these weapons in the war against Ukraine at the end of 2023.

Along with the missiles, Pyongyang then sent its military specialists to russia to service the launchers and participate in war crimes against Ukraine.

Civilian Ukrainians have repeatedly become victims of KN-23/KN-24 strikes both in near frontline communities and in settlements remote from the combat line.

In particular, on January 2, 2024, a North Korean missile hit a Kyiv high-rise building, killing four people. On August 11, 2024, a four-year-old boy and his father were killed, and three other citizens were injured in the Kyiv region by the debris of KN-23/KN-24.

The KN-23/KN-24 missile used by russia against Ukraine contained foreign components manufactured by companies from five countries: China, the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland.

At least one of them - a voltage converter labeled by the British manufacturer XP Power was produced in February 2023, after the start of the full-scale invasion.

To obtain technologies for their weapons programs, the aggressor state russia and its allies, the DPRK and Iran, use joint schemes to bypass international sanctions, which requires an appropriate response, in particular, strengthening export control mechanisms.

Earlier, the War&Sanctions portal published a list of components found in KN-23/KN-24 missiles manufactured by 19 companies from seven countries - the United States, China, Japan, the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland.