{"id":1076322,"date":"2025-01-13T00:32:41","date_gmt":"2025-01-12T22:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1076322"},"modified":"2025-01-13T00:32:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T22:32:45","slug":"zelenskyy-ukraine-ready-to-hand-over-dprk-pows-in-exchange-for-ukrainian-soldiers-held-in-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/zelenskyy-ukraine-ready-to-hand-over-dprk-pows-in-exchange-for-ukrainian-soldiers-held-in-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelenskyy: Ukraine ready to hand over DPRK POWs in exchange for Ukrainian soldiers held in Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy shared a video showing the questioning of captured soldiers from North Korea and said that Ukraine is ready to hand them over to the DPRK in exchange for Ukrainian soldiers held captive in Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a post on\u00a0social media,\u00a0<\/a>Zelenskyy wrote that in addition to the first captured soldiers from North Korea, there will \u201cundoubtedly be more.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s only a matter of time before our troops manage to capture others. There should be no doubt left in the world that the Russian army is dependent on military assistance from North Korea,\u201d Zelenskyy stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zelenskyy noted that Russian President Putin started three years ago with ultimatums to NATO and attempts to rewrite history, but he cannot manage without military support from Pyongyang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUkraine is ready to hand over Kim Jong Un\u2019s soldiers to him if he can organize their exchange for our warriors who are being held captive in Russia,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The head of the Ukrainian added that for those North Korean soldiers who do not wish to return, there may be other options available. In particular, those who express a desire to bring peace closer by spreading the truth about this war in Korean will be given that opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As reported by Ukrinform, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that Ukrainian soldiers in Russia\u2019s Kursk region captured two soldiers from North Korea. They have already been transported to Kyiv, where they are communicating with investigators from the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read also:<\/strong> Fico bets on Moscow, not on his own country or united Europe \u2013 Zelenskyy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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