Financial Times: Ukraine firing North Korea-produced rockets at Russian positions

The Financial Times reports that the Ukrainian military has been firing rockets produced in North Korea against Russian positions near the city of Bakhmut.

The publication calls the Russia–Ukraine war “a mixed-up cauldron for generations of the world’s military equipment,” noting that both sides in the conflict use arms ranging from old Soviet models to newly produced precision weapons.

A Ukrainian commander who spoke to the Financial Times said his troops do not favor the North Korean rockets, most of which were produced in the 1980s and 90s, because they tend to misfire or fail.

It’s not clear how Ukraine’s military acquired the weapons, though it’s unlikely that they came directly from North Korea, which supports Russia in the conflict. Ukraine’s Defense Ministry suggested the rockets were taken from captured Russian tanks.