Ukraine captured two injured North Korean soldiers, Zelenskyy says
Ukraine has captured two injured North Korean soldiers from the battlefield in Russia’s Kursk region and transferred them to Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday.
Ukraine has captured two injured North Korean soldiers from the battlefield in Russia’s Kursk region and transferred them to Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday.
“Two soldiers, though wounded, survived and were transported to Kyiv, where they are now communicating with the Security Service of Ukraine,” Zelenskyy wrote on X, alongside a series of photos of the prisoners.
South Korea’s National Intelligence Service confirmed the capture in a phone interview with NBC News on Sunday, after the agency aided in questioning the soldiers with translation.
A North Korean soldier captured by Ukraine in December died from his injuries, but this is the first time Ukraine has detained soldiers fit for questioning since Pyongyang deployed an estimated 11,000 soldiers to support Russia late last year, according to the U.S. and its allies.
Neither Russia nor North Korea have publicly acknowledged the troop deployment.
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