Pyongyang: North Korea has established drone production with Russia's help, and Russian instructors are also training drone pilots in Pyongyang and the eastern city of Wonsan, a Russian official's Telegram showed.
According to Yonhap News Agency, Andriy Kovalenko, head of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council's Center for Countering Disinformation, stated in a Telegram post that the production of Shahed-Geran drones in North Korea has already been established with Russia's help.
Geran is the Russian designation for the Iranian-made suicide drone, Shahed. Kovalenko also mentioned that Russian instructors are working in Pyongyang and in the Kalma airfield area of Wonsan, training North Korean drone pilots to operate both strike and combat drones.
Ukraine's intelligence agency disclosed last month that Russia had agreed to transfer production technology for the Geran drone to North Korea, as Pyongyang and Moscow have strengthened their military alignment since signing the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership treaty in June last year.