The wreckage of a missile that landed in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Jan. 2 was from a North Korean Hwasong-11 series ballistic missile, according to a report by a U.N. panel of experts that monitors sanctions on North Korea. In the 32-page report, seen by Reuters, the experts concluded that “the remnants recovered from a missile that landed in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on 2 January 2024, originate from a DPRK Hwasong-11 series missile” and violated a U.N. arms embargo on North Korea. North Korea, formally known as the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), has been under U.N. sanctions since 2006 over its ballistic missile and nuclear programs, which have been significantly expanded in recent years. Three experts from the sanctions committee traveled to Ukraine earlier this month to examine the wreckage and found no evidence that the missile was of Russian manufacture. However, trajectory information provided by Ukrainian authorities “indicates that the missile was launched from the territory of the Russian Federation,” they wrote in the April 25 report to the Security Council North Korea sanctions committee. “Such a location, if the missile was under the control of Russian forces, would most likely indicate that it had been acquired by entities in the Russian Federation,” they said, adding that this would be a violation. The United States and other countries have accused North Korea of supplying arms to Russia for use in Ukraine, which it invaded in February 2022. Both Moscow and Pyongyang have denied the allegations, but they pledged last year to expand military relations. At a U.N. Security Council meeting in February, the United States accused Russia of firing DPRK-supplied ballistic missiles into Ukraine on at least nine occasions. The Hwasong-11 series ballistic missiles were first publicly tested by Pyongyang in 2019, according to the U.N. experts. Last month, Russia vetoed the annual renewal of the mandate of the panel of U.N. experts that has been monitoring implementation of U.N. sanctions on North Korea over its nuclear and ballistic missile programs for 15 years. The current mandate of the panel of experts expires on Tuesday. Days after the Jan. 2 attack, the Kharkiv regional prosecutor’s office displayed fragments of the missile to media, saying it was different from Russian models and that “this could have been a missile supplied by North Korea.” Read Also: Former German officer on trial for spying for Russia (Portuguese version)