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Russia-North Korea military cooperation under UN spotlight

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A representative from the prosecutor's office shows parts of an unidentified missile, which Ukrainian authorities believe to have been made in North Korea and used in a strike in Kharkiv earlier this week, Jan 6, 2024. [Reuters]

Russia's military cooperation with North Korea to further its war in Ukraine is drawing international condemnation, including at the U.N. Security Council, where Russia is a permanent member.

U.N. Security Council members Britain, France, Japan, Malta, South Korea, Slovenia, and the United States, plus Ukraine, on Wednesday condemned three waves of deadly airstrikes by Russia on December 30, January 2 and 6.

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