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Ukraine seeks closer cooperation with South Korea

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · · 224 words · By Video by Chloé BORGNON
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Claim 1: “ballistic missiles from Pyongyang reportedly used in another deadly attack on Zaporizhzhia”
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Three independent news organizations (Daily Maverick, France24, and Al Jazeera) all report that President Zelenskyy stated North Korean ballistic missiles were used in an attack on a steel plant in Zaporizhzhia that killed seven workers.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Moscow used North Korean ballistic missiles during a Russian attack that killed seven workers at a steel plant in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia.
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-12-north-kor…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Moscow used North Korean ballistic missiles [in Zaporizhzhia].
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260810-live-russian-mis…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday that Moscow had used a North Korean ballistic missile during an attack that killed seven workers at a Ukrainian steel plant in the southeastern …
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/12/n-korea-launches-ba…
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Claim 2: “Zelenskyy accused North Korea of stepping up its support for Russia”
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The claim is supported by multiple independent sources. Info Nation reports Zelenskyy's claims regarding North Korean soldiers and weapons, and Wikipedia confirms the broader context of North Korea's military and security relations with Russia and its support in the war.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 24 February 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, escalating the Russo-Ukrainian War that had begun in 2014 and marking the largest military conflict in Europe since World War II.…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_involvement_in_the_Rus…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — North Korea has supported Russia in the Russo-Ukrainian war since 2017, when it recognized the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea. In July 2022, North Korea recognized the Russia-backed, self-proclaime…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korean_involvement_in_th…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — North Korea and Russia share close military and security relations. Both nations share interest in a geopolitical alignment in challenging the West. The two states share a border along the lower Tumen…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea–Russia_relations
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