Ukraine accuses North Korea of ​​producing UAVs for Russia

According to Ukrainian intelligence, North Korea has sent thousands of workers to Russia to learn how to build, operate, and support the production of Shahed drones.

In an exclusive hour-long interview with The War Zone on June 7, Lieutenant General Kyrylo Budanov - Commander of the Ukrainian Defense Intelligence Service (GUR), said that Russia is working to help North Korea develop the Shahed-136 drone program, and Pyongyang will send more workers to help Russia. Photo: @ The Kyiv Independent.

Now, as Lieutenant General Kyrylo Budanov said, in the latest move, North Korea is reportedly sending tens of thousands of workers to Russia to help produce Shahed attack drones, learn how to use them, and assist in reconstruction work in the Kursk region. Photo: @ The War Zone.

According to military experts, this move will affect the security situation in the two continents of Asia and Europe. @ODIN - OE Data Integration Network.

The Shahed drones would give North Korea the ability to overwhelm air defenses and strike anywhere in South Korea, with a huge number of Shahed UAVs. Photo: @ODIN - OE Data Integration Network.

And of course for Russia, with the support of thousands of North Korean workers, Russia not only strengthens its drone arsenal, but also helps to compensate for the huge losses of personnel in the harsh war with Ukraine that is continuing. Photo: @ GTA5-Mods.

Sharing more about this information, Japan's NKH News Agency also reported, citing diplomatic sources in the West and Russia, that a total of 25,000 workers from North Korea are being mobilized to Russia's Shahed factory in the Alabuga Special Economic Zone in the Tatarstan Republic in central Russia. Photo: @The Guardian.

The goal is to help increase the production of Shahed drones for Russia in exchange for training North Korea on how to build and operate the drones," Japan's NKH news agency further explained. Photo: @ODIN - OE Data Integration Network.

Earlier this week, a satellite image was posted on the official Telegram channel of Dnipro Ukraine, claiming to show the expansion of the Alabuga Special Economic Zone to accommodate the influx of new workers. The image shows the construction of new dormitories to accommodate additional workers. Photo: @Dnipro OSINT.

It is known that Shahed drones have become Russia's main weapon, used to cause widespread damage across Ukraine. Photo: @ Polskie Radio.

Originally produced by Iran, they first appeared on Russian battlefields in September 2022 and have been regularly improved since. Russia has recently produced them itself and appears to have added larger warheads and equipment, giving some of these weapons a degree of autonomy, further increasing the danger to Ukraine. Photo: @ZBiAM.

If all of this happens, it would be good news for Russian President Vladimir Putin. At the same time, it would be very bad for Ukraine, which is facing a growing number of Shahed drones, putting its empty arsenal under even more pressure than it already is. Photo: @RBC-Ukraine.

In addition to sending workers to work on the drone program, North Korea has also provided Russia with thousands of workers to help rebuild the Kursk region, Russian Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu said after his recent trip to Pyongyang. Among them, Shoigu said, were about 1,000 sappers working on mine clearance and about 5,000 workers helping restore destroyed infrastructure. Kursk, the site of fierce fighting, was captured by Ukraine in a surprise attack on August 6, 2024. Although Russia has retaken almost all of the lost territory, fighting continues and the damage is severe. Photo: @ Anadolu Ajansı.

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