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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has ordered an inquiry into the information published in The New York Times regarding missile engine supplies from Ukraine to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).

“I ordered an urgent, thorough and full investigation of the situation to be conducted under chairmanship of the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, and with participation of the inter-agency commission for military-technical cooperation policy and export control, as well as Pivdenmash (Yuzhmash) state enterprise and Pivdenne design bureau, and to report the results within three days,” Poroshenko wrote on Facebook on August 16.