On September 23, 2026, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that Ukraine had sent two captured North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea, stating one attempted suicide upon capture. By September 25, South Korea protested the disclosure as a breach of confidentiality agreements.
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Zelensky: Recently, we sent two North Korean prisoners of war to the Republic of Korea. These guys are not easy to capture alive. One of them, when he realized he was going to be taken prisoner, tried to kill himself, and he was shocked that fate didn't let him die. Now, this is how they raise people in the North. It's reality. They take away their right to choose, and they drill into them that th
Ukraine sent two captured North Korean soldiers to South Korea, Zelenskiy says Reuters
"Recently, we sent two North Korean prisoners of war to the Republic of Korea," said Zelenskyy in his speech. "These guys are not easy to capture alive. One of them, when he realized he was going to be taken prisoner, tried to kill himself. And he was shocked that fate did not let him die." UNITED NATIONS/SEOUL — Ukraine has transferred two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea, Ukrainian P
Zelenskyy says Ukraine sent 2 North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea AP News
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine has sent two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea.
Ukraine transferred two North Korean prisoners of war captured in Russia's Kursk region to South Korea, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said one soldier tried to kill himself when he was captured. “This is how they raise people in the North,” he said.
www.yahoo.com/news/article... UNITED NATIONS/SEOUL, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Ukraine has transferred two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday in an address to the Unit...
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Zelensky says Ukraine has transferred two captured North Korean soldiers to South Korea. Seoul had said it would accept North Korean prisoners who fought for Russia (rights groups warn that returning them to Pyongyang could expose them and their families to reprisals). https:// t.me/astrapress/126101
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has put North Korea in a propaganda bind, analysts say, by publicly revealing that Kyiv recently transferred two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea. The disclosure – made during Zelensky’s address to the UN General Assembly on Wednesday – directly challenges Pyongyang’s narrative that its soldiers fighting alongside Russian forces choose death over
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made the disclosure during a speech to the United Nations on Sept. 23, saying Ukraine had recently "sent two North Korean prisoners of war to the Republic of Korea" and that one of them had tried to kill himself after being captured.
KYIV POST: Seoul Calls Out Zelensky for Admitting North Korean POWs Sent to South Korea https://www. kyivpost.com/post/85405 South Korean President Lee Jae-myung said on Thursday that the public revelation of the two captured North Korean soldiers transferred to South Korea was likely to cause numerous unspecified problems. Kyiv responded by saying the Ukrainian president had briefed Seoul on his