According to U.S. intelligence, North Korea has supplied Russia with ballistic missiles and launchers that Russian forces have already deployed against Ukraine, the White House national security spokesman John Kirby said in Washington on Thursday.

Kirby said that at least one North Korean missile was fired by Russian forces on Dec. 30, and several more were used in a night air strike on Ukrainian territory on Jan. 2.

The communications coordinator of the National Security Council also said that the effects of the Russian attacks are still being assessed, adding that one of the missiles landed in an open field in Zaporizhzhya province.

[That’s kind of a twist. Of course, the Norks are desperate for money and I’m figuring the Russians feel the same about munitions. ~ Beege]