The advisor denounces an “Axis of Evil”.
Russia fired missiles supplied by North Korea at Ukraine, Ukrainian presidential adviser Mikhailo Podolyak said Friday, confirming an earlier assertion by Washington.
“They are no longer hiding (…) As part of its genocidal war, the Russian Federation for the first time struck the territory of Ukraine with missiles supplied by (…) North Korea”wrote Mikhaïlo Podolyak on the social network X (formerly Twitter).
There is no longer any disguise… As part of its outright genocidal war, the Russian Federation for the first time struck at the territory of #Ukraine with missiles received from… North Korea. The masks are completely off. Tea #Moscow regime is no longer concealing its…
— Михайло Подоляк (@Podolyak_M) January 5, 2024
Earlier on Friday, state media cited the governor of the Kharkiv regionin eastern Ukraine, saying missiles produced outside Russia had been fired at the province in late December and early January. “(Russia) attacks Ukrainians with missiles received from a state where citizens are tortured in concentration camps for possessing an unregistered radio, for talking to a tourist or for watching TV broadcasts”said Mikhailo Podolyak.
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“Never before in history has the classic “Axis of Evil” seemed so obvious and grotesquely evil: Russia, Iran, North Korea,” he accuses. And to wonder in his conclusion: “The question remains: will the forces of good, the pro-Ukrainian coalition, be able to form the strongest possible alliance that will put an end to the 21st century Axis of Evil?”
The adviser did not provide proof that the missiles were North Korean. In its statement on Thursday, Washington referred to declassified intelligence.