North Korean General Wounded in Ukrainian Missile Strike on Kursk Region

It has been identified that equipment and anti-aircraft missiles aimed at reinforcing Pyongyang's vulnerable air defense system have been delivered to North Korea."

Asked what Seoul believes the North has received for the deployment, South Korea's top security advisor Shin Won-sik said

The US was pre-notified briefly before the launch through nuclear risk reduction channels

The US official was quoted by Reuters as saying

Today, our crazy neighbour has once again shown who he really is and how he despises dignity, freedom and human life in general. And how afraid he is,

the hero premier said

Britain and the UK is now directly involved in this war, because this firing cannot happen without Nato staff, British staff as well."

Andrei Kelin told Sky News

There are unconfirmed media reports today of Russia firing a new ballistic missile into Ukraine which we know they have been preparing for months".

In crunch talks today he said

If true, clearly, this would be another example of depraved, reckless and escalatory behaviour from Russia."

Starmer's official spokesperson said

In particular, an intercontinental ballistic missile was launched from the Astrakhan region of the Russian Federation,

they said

The front line is now less stable than at any time since the early days of the full scale Russian invasion in 2022,

he said

Maria Zakharovarussian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman

The strike on Uzhmash with ballistic missiles, which Western media started to talk about, we don’t comment on it at all.”

During a news briefing on Thursday (21 November), Maria Zakharova was told

The answer came during the briefing, the foreign ministry is not commenting, so there is no intrigue,

Russian state news agency Tass reported

Ukrainian forces released drone footage of the Storm Shadow strikes against Mar'ino, Kursk region, Russia. It shows that the missiles targeted the secondary buildings of that facility and hit at least 3 buildings. I marked the impact points on the map. This was an important operation. That's for sure. The fact that the Russian air defense failed to this extent that the missiles got through and even the surveillance drone could operate unimpededly speaks volumes."

Another X user, Tendar, posted photos and videos and wrote

Ukraine struck an underground military command post in Marino, Kursk, located ~40km from Ukraine. The command post was stuck by around a dozen UK Storm Shadow cruise missiles and likely had Russian commanders, and possibly North Korean military officals (Defense Express).

One user, Ukraine Battle Map, posted a satellite photo and video of the strike with the caption

Before the briefing, there were questions about controversial reports on the Internet... I asked the experts if this topic was in our competence. The answer came during the briefing – the Foreign Ministry has no comment. So there is no intrigue."

Quote from Zakharova