Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said that growing military cooperation between Russia and North Korea poses a serious security threat to both Europe and Asia and called on Asian partners to consider increasing military aid to Ukraine.

"This night, Ukrainian school-age children and their parents slept peacefully at home before the start of the school year. Russia launched a barrage of 35 missiles and 23 drones into Ukraine early this morning, while people were sleeping. Fortunately, Ukraine's air defense saved lives, but civilian infrastructure was damaged," Kuleba wrote on the social media X.

He noted that some of the ballistic missiles launched this morning were KN-23s produced by the DPRK.

"The regimes in Pyongyang and Moscow have no restrictions on long-range strikes against any place in Ukraine. However, in defending itself against these two barbaric war machines, Ukraine is forced to fight with hands tied behind its back. Isn’t this absurd?" the minister said.

He stressed that it is past time for Ukraine's partners to abandon baseless fears and lift restrictions on the country's legitimate right to self-defense under the UN Charter, which includes the right to strike any legitimate military targets on Russian territory.

Kuleba also said that Russia's use of North Korean munitions in its war against Ukraine not only violates international law and endangers Ukrainian lives, but it also has the potential to significantly deteriorate the security situation on the Korean Peninsula, in the Asia-Pacific, and around the world.

"The growing military cooperation between Putin and Kim poses a serious security threat to both Europe and Asia. We urge our Asian partners to consider increasing military aid to Ukraine. The stronger Ukraine is, and the less successful the Russian and North Korean dictators are, the more stable and secure Europe and Asia will be," the minister said.