A video, published on the Telegram channel of defense reporter Yuriy Butusov, shows Russian servicemen installing anti-drone shielding on the M1991 rocket launcher.

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has for the first time acknowledged that North Korean soldiers took part in the fighting to recover Russian territory after Ukraine’s incursion into the Kursk region last year.

North Korean authorities confirmed for the first time that the country's forces fought against Ukrainian troops in Russia's Kursk region.