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Hello, it's 681 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

And the US says Russia has used ballistic missiles and launches supplied by North Korea in its latest attacks on Ukraine.

As Russia continues to launch these brutal attacks, the United States has new information to share about the support that Russia is receiving from third countries.

Due in part to our sanctions and export controls, Russia has become increasingly isolated on the

world stage and they've been forced to look to like-minded states for military

equipment as we've been warning publicly one of those states is North Korea.

Our information indicates that the Democratic publicly one of those states is North Korea.

Our information indicates that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea recently

provided Russia with ballistic missile launchers and several ballistic missiles.

On the 30th of December, 2023, Russian forces launched at least one of these North Korean ballistic

missiles into Ukraine.

This missile appears to have landed in an open field in the Zapparichi region.

And on January 2nd, Russia launched multiple North Korean ballistic missiles into Ukraine,

including as part of its overnight aerial attack.

Well that was the National Security Council spokesman John Kirby.

Vitalit's probably worth explaining what a ballistic missile is.

Well, ballistic missiles, they follow what's known as a ballistic trajectory.

Unlike cruise missiles, they don't have wings

or winglets that help them stay in the air.

Ballistic missiles, once they launch,

they have to follow a trajectory and hit their target if that makes sense.

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