North Korean Missile Unit Deploys 120 Ballistic Missiles to Western Russia for Ukraine Strikes
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Updated · The Japan Times · Aug 5
North Korean Missile Unit Deploys 120 Ballistic Missiles to Western Russia for Ukraine Strikes
3 articles · Updated · The Japan Times · Aug 5
Summary
A North Korean missile unit has started moving into western Russia and could bring 120 ballistic missiles and six launchers for attacks on Ukraine, according to a Ukrainian military intelligence official.
Ballistic missiles are especially difficult to intercept, and the deployment comes as Ukraine faces a severe shortage of high-end air defenses that Russia has been trying to exploit.
Russia has already fired scores of North Korean ballistic missiles at Ukraine since late 2023, making the unit's arrival a further step up in military cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang.
Is North Korea’s reported missile unit deployment to western Russia a turning point that could overwhelm Ukraine’s already strained ballistic defenses?
Could a new Russia–North Korea transport corridor make missile and troop transfers harder to track—and deadlier for Ukraine?
What is Pyongyang getting from Moscow if 120 missiles and North Korean crews are being folded into Russia’s war machine?