President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said preliminary findings indicate Russia used a North Korean-manufactured missile in the overnight strike near Kryvyi Rih that killed six members of one family, with further examinations ordered to confirm the projectile's origin. The weapon completely destroyed a house in Radushne where ten people lived, marking the first such use in nearly a year.
Pyongyang has supplied Russia with long-range missiles, artillery and ammunition and sent troops in 2024 and 2025 to aid operations in Kursk, with Kyiv now warning of 30,000 additional North Korean recruits.
In parallel developments, Ukraine struck four Russian tankers in the Black Sea and Azov Sea, while a Kazakh oil export terminal shut for the third time this month after drone strikes. Russia issued an international warrant for Telegram founder Pavel Durov, and France expelled a pro-Kremlin journalist. NATO condemned a Russian cruise missile that violated Polish airspace, and the European Union disbursed €3.47 million for Ukrainian air defence.