Ukraine sent two captured North Korean soldiers to South Korea, Zelenskyy says
Zelensky said the transfer followed a plea by the soldiers to defect, and Ukraine says North Korea has sent about 14,000 to 15,000 troops to Russia.
- On Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Ukraine recently transferred two North Korean POWs to South Korea captured during its incursion into Russia's Kursk region.
- The two North Korean soldiers were apprehended in early 2025, marking the first such troops captured alive since North Korea joined the Russia-Ukraine war in 2024.
- Born in 1999 and 2005, the prisoners expressed desire to defect to South Korea; one attempted suicide upon capture, and Zelenskiy noted he "was shocked that fate did not let him die."
- North Korea has sent around 14,000 soldiers to support Russia since 2024, according to Ukrainian and South Korean estimates, with most deployed in Kursk and supplies sent to Moscow.
- Zelenskiy criticized North Korean leader Kim Jong, stating he "uses them like currency" to gain concessions, questioning why Koreans should die in the Russia-Ukraine war.
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Zelensky, who continued to call himself the President of Ukraine, stated that Kiev had sent two North Korean prisoners to South Korea; he had reported this to the United Nations General Assembly but had not specified when and how the transfer took place.
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Zelenskyy, who continues to call himself the president of Ukraine, announced that Kyiv had sent two captured North Korean soldiers to South Korea. He made the announcement while speaking at the UN General Assembly, but did not specify when...
Ukraine sent two captured North Korean soldiers to South Korea, Zelenskiy says
Ukraine has transferred two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday in an address to the United Nations General Assembly.
Zelenskyy says Ukraine sent 2 North Korean prisoners of war to South K
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Ukraine has sent two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday, following months of consultations between Kyiv and Seoul after the soldiers were captured in Russia’s Kursk region in 2025. South Korea’s Foreign Ministry did not directly confirm...
"Should have taken a proactive stance… Hope an opportunity is created to reveal the reality of North Korea's participation in the war" Reporters Park Soo-yoon, Kwon Hee-won, and Lee Yul-lip = On the 24th, People Power Party lawmaker Yoo Yong-won stated that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy recently sent two North Korean soldiers captured alive by the Ukrainian military to South Korea.
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