{
  "id": 8037121,
  "title": "Up to 25,000 North Koreans in Russia build Shahed drones under student cover",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/up-to-25-000-north-koreans-in-russia-build-shahed-drones-under",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-17T14:24:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Voice of Ukraine",
    "slug": "new-voice-of-ukraine",
    "url": "https://english.nv.ua/russian-war/up-to-25-000-north-koreans-in-russia-assemble-shahed-drones-under-student-cover-50642303.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Russia is increasingly using North Korean workers to produce drones for its war against Ukraine, defying international sanctions and providing North Korea with a significant source of income to finance its illicit weapons programs, Bloomberg reported on Sept. 17, citing a report by the United States and its allies.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Insider",
        "title": "Russia employs thousands of North Koreans to build combat drones, sanctions monitors say",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/russia-employs-thousands-of-north-koreans-to-build-combat-drones",
        "published": "2026-09-17T14:40:51.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}