The advisor denounces an “axis of evil.”
Russia has fired missiles supplied by North Korea into Ukraine, Ukrainian presidential adviser Mikhailo Podolyak said on Friday, confirming an earlier claim by Washington.
“They are no longer hiding (…) As part of its genocidal war, the Russian Federation for the first time attacked the territory of Ukraine with missiles supplied by (…) North Korea,” wrote Mikhailo Podolyak on the social network X (formerly Twitter).
There is no more disguise… As part of its outright war of genocide, the Russian Federation attacked the territory of Russia for the first time #Ukraine with missiles from … North Korea. The masks are completely off. tea #Moscow The regime is no longer hiding its…
— Mikhail Podolyak (@Podolyak_M) January 5, 2024
Earlier on Friday, state media cited this Governor of the Kharkiv region, in eastern Ukraine, said missiles made outside Russia were fired at the province in late December and early January. “(Russia) is attacking Ukrainians with missiles received from a state where citizens are tortured in concentration camps for owning an unregistered radio, talking to a tourist or watching TV shows,” Mikhailo Podolyak said.
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“Never before in history has the classic ‘Axis of Evil’ seemed so blatantly and grotesquely evil: Russia, Iran, North Korea,” he charges. And to ask 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 axis of evil of the 21st century? “
The adviser did not provide any evidence that the missiles were North Korean missiles. In its statement on Thursday, Washington referred to declassified intelligence.