Russia employs North Koreans to build drones for Ukraine war: report

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Russia is employing up to 25,000 North Korean workers to produce military drones for use in the Ukraine conflict, violating international sanctions. This arrangement provides Pyongyang with significant funding for its weapons programs, with drone assembly taking place at facilities in Tatarstan among other locations.

Russia is increasingly mobilising North Korean workers to build military drones for use against Ukraine in defiance of international sanctions, giving Pyongyang a key source of revenue to fund its unlawful weapons programmes, according to a report by the US and its allies. Up to 25,000 North Koreans were believed to be working in Russia’s drone industry, including at facilities in Alabuga, Tatarstan, where unmanned aerial vehicles were assembled, the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team said...