News that North Korea is ramping up drone production comes a week after a Ukrainian official told BI its soldiers were getting training from Russia.

North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un has ordered the mass production self-detonating suicide drones after overseeing a guided test of the weapons, state media reported Friday. Why it matters: North Korea's efforts to bolster its military capabilities come weeks after it deployed thousands of troops to assist Russian forces in the war against Ukraine.

Kim Jong Un expressed satisfaction with the weapons' development process and stressed the need for mass production.