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We begin the program in Ukraine, where the United States has said it believes There are around 8,000 soldiers from North Korea deployed in the Russian region of Kursk.
That's a territory where Ukraine made an incursion this summer.
And this brings the possibility of a direct conflict between Ukrainian North Korean troops ever closer.
We will ask what that means for the war in a moment, but first to the Kherson region inside Ukraine.
A BBC investigation has found evidence of Russia's increasing use of drones to target civilians.
The Ukrainian government says there's been a sudden surge in drone attacks on civilians in the southern region in the past three months in which at least 30 people have been killed and more than 400 injured.
Russia's military has not responded to the BBC's questions about the allegations from Kherson.
Yes, Limai reports with Imogen Anderson and Sanjay Ganguly.
In the city of Kherson, there are constantly drones hovering over us.
It is a constant threat and the only real mitigation against that is to drive at a really high speed.