Russia supplies drone production tech to North Korea: Ukraine official

East Asia security could be impacted, says Kyiv's military intelligence chief

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Odesa residents walk by an apartment hit by a Russian drone strike on June 10. © Reuters

NATSUKI KANEKO

VIENNA -- Russia has agreed to supply North Korea with military drone production technology, according to the head of Ukraine's military intelligence agency.

The support includes the production of Iranian-designed Shahed drones within North Korea, Lt. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov said in an interview with digital military magazine The War Zone.

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