Russia helps North Korea arm itself: “Shaheeds”, air defense and military training

Russia has transferred technology for the production of Shahed attack drones to North Korea.

This was stated by the head of the GUR of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Kyrylo Budanov.

“This “shaheed” is like some kind of nomad. He moved from Iran to the Russian Federation, and now from the Russian Federation he has come to the DPRK under the name of a “shaheed”. They work quickly, believe me, unfortunately… They are transferring technologies from the Russian Federation to the DPRK. They are not transferring “shaheeds”, but technologies, equipment, and so on. They are setting up production there,” Budanov said.

He also added that Russia has already transferred technology to Pyongyang for the production of attack drones. This will lead to a deterioration of the security environment on the Korean Peninsula.

“The DPRK is currently significantly increasing its military power. First of all, through direct cooperation with the Russian Federation and through the acquisition of real combat experience by its soldiers. And this cannot but affect the security environment, because in the end, there is only one enemy for the DPRK. The real enemy is South Korea. There are no others. And they know it perfectly well,” said the head of the GUR.

He also added that Russia has transferred the Pantsir-S1 air defense system to the DPRK and is training North Korean soldiers to use it.

Budanov said that Pantsir-S1 air defense systems are already on combat duty in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang.

“Soon the Koreans will be able to work autonomously on this technology,” Budanov said.

Let us recall that during the air attack on Kyiv, which took place on the night of June 11, Russian troops first used a new type of kamikaze drone — a jet UAV, probably the Geran-3.

As reported, the Russian military is actively modernizing drones and missiles for combined strikes on the territory of Ukraine, using simulators in particular, and is also strengthening countermeasures against electronic warfare . However, the Ukrainian air defense forces are not lagging behind and are successfully developing relevant technologies.