Russian instructors are training North Korean drone pilots near the newly opened Wonsan Kalma resort and in Pyongyang, according to Ukrainian intelligence, while assessing that the DPRK has begun local production of Iran’s Shahed attack drones with Moscow’s help.

Andrii Kovalenko, head of Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council, wrote on Telegram on Wednesday that the North Korean specialists are learning to operate first-person view (FPV) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and other attack drones.

Regarding Wonsan, he said the training is taking place near Kalma Airfield, likely referring to the runway for a DPRK