Two DPRK drones crossed the border of South Korea, which prompted the latter to take to the skies fighters, helicopters and deploy air defense systems, the Korean Yonhap news agency reported..

According to a spokesman for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Monday morning, December 26, the South Korean military discovered numerous " Drones also spotted near Gimpo, Ganghwa Island and Paju, causing a temporary suspension of civilian flights..

Air forces were raised to intercept, but for unknown reasons, a KA-1 light attack aircraft crashed about 140 kilometers east of Seoul at 11:39 am. Both pilots managed to eject.

At the same time, the South Korean military did not answer the question whether the UAVs carried weapons or simply carried out reconnaissance work..

The media has already published footage of downed drones.

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On the eve of Friday, North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles from an area near Pyongyang's main international airport towards waters off North Korea's east coast.. The missiles covered a distance of about 250 km and 350 km, respectively, before falling into the sea..