Russia vetoed a UNSC resolution that would have extended the mandate of the presence of the panel by another year

The debris from a missile that landed in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Jan. 2 was from a North Korean Hwasong-11 series ballistic missile, United Nations sanctions monitors told a Security Council committee in a report seen by Reuters on Monday.

South Korea’s military says North Korea fired several cruise missiles into waters off its western coast, adding to a provocative run of weapons demonstrations in the face of deepening nuclear tensions with the United States,

The U.N. panel that investigates and monitors the enforcement of sanctions on the country is set to end after Russia vetoed an extension of its mandate.

Report to United Nations security council says remnants of Hwasong-11 violate arms export embargo on Russian ally

Missile debris that fell in Kharkiv on Jan. 2 was from a Hwasong-11 series North Korean ballistic missile, UN experts said, Reuters reported.

A report from United Nations sanctions monitors disclosed that debris from a missile that struck Kharkiv, Ukraine, on January 2 belonged to a North Korean Hwasong-11 series ballistic missile, breaching the arms embargo on North Korea.