Pyongyang (North Korea) - The Kim regime is showing off its new kamikaze drones. The technology apparently comes from Russia.

Russia and North Korea recently formed an "unholy" alliance. Up to 11,000 North Korean soldiers are said to have already arrived in Ukraine, where they are fighting and dying for the Kremlin. Now it is becoming clear what Kim Jong-un (40) may have received in return.

In pictures distributed by the North Korean regime, the dictator, dressed in a black leather jacket, inspects the latest achievement of his army of more than 1.3 million soldiers: kamikaze drones, allegedly domestically produced.

The dictator, who is said to have a particular fondness for missiles of all kinds, did not miss the opportunity to attend the test of the new drone at a secret training site. The pictures show the drones hovering over the test site, destroying decommissioned tanks. Even a BMW 5 Series was not spared. After the drone hit, the car burst into flames.

The "respected leader" expressed his "satisfaction" after the drone test, according to the regime's news agency, KCNA. Kim called on his staff to begin "full-scale mass production as soon as possible".

Technical details of the military hardware on display are, as usual in North Korea, top secret.

The background to last Thursday's drone test is likely to be the ongoing tensions on the Korean peninsula, reports CNN.

Just last month, North Korea threatened its southern neighbor with "retaliation" after South Korean "propaganda drones" were allegedly spotted over the capital Pyongyang.

On Tuesday, North Korea then ratified the mutual defense treaty with Russia.

South Korea fears that the alliance with Russia could provide the North with high technology to advance its nuclear program.