Ukraine, North Korea

Zelensky Shows Video of Captive North Korean Soldier: 'Unaware of Ukraine'
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has shared new footage appearing to show a North Korean soldier wounded in battle and captured by Kyiv after fighting alongside Russian forces.
Zelensky ready to hand North Korea back its captured troops
Zelensky’s announcement came after he posted photos on social media of two men he said were North Korean soldiers captured in Russia’s Kursk region.
The fatal lengths North Korean soldiers will go to to avoid capture by Ukraine
The North Korean troops fighting for Russia are highly trained and will stop at nothing to avoid surrender, Ukrainian sources tell Sam Kiley, The Independent’s World Affairs Editor, in Sumy
Two North Korean soldiers captured alive by Ukraine for the first time, Zelensky says
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the wounded North Korean soldiers were taken to Kyiv and are communicating with Ukrainian officials.
Volodymyr Zelensky offers captured North Korean soldiers for Ukrainians held by Russia
President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed he is willing to give two North Korean soldiers captured by Ukraine back to Pyongyang in exchange for prisoners of war in Russia
Zelensky Offers To Exchange North Korean Soldiers With Captive Ukrainians
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was ready to hand over captured North Korean soldiers to Pyongyang in exchange for the return of Ukrainians.
Suicidal tendencies and ’80s battlefield tactics: How North Korean soldiers are operating in Russia’s war on Ukraine
Ukrainian special operations forces have given an insight into the brutal, near-suicidal tactics of the North Koreans they have faced in intense fighting in the Russian border region of Kursk.
North Korean Troops Pull Back From Frontline in Russia: Ukraine Military
Soldiers from North Korea fighting on behalf of Moscow have reportedly pulled back from the frontline in Russia's Kursk region.
Defectors offer insight into mindset of North Korean soldiers fighting in Ukraine
All North Korean recruits are taught a song that includes a verse about saving their last bullet for themselves to avoid capture, one former soldier told NBC News.
North Korean troops 'pulling back' from Russian frontlines as intense battle rages
Ukraine took Russia by surprise when it captured 500 miles in the Kursk region in the summer of 2024 before Moscow retaliated.
Third of North Korean troops already wiped out in Ukraine
British intelligence has reported that one-third of the troops deployed alongside Russian forces in Ukraine are already out of action. Pyongyang sent a contingent of 12,000 soldiers to Russia to assist local forces in regaining lost territory in the Kursk region,
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Zelensky says two North Korean soldiers fighting for Russia were captured in Kursk region
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said forces operating in the Kursk region of Russia have captured two North Korean soldiers, marking the first time that Kyiv has captured alive ...
Russia Loses 3000 More North Koreans as Zelensky Airs POW Video
Neither Moscow nor Pyongyang has confirmed the deployment of troops from North Korea to Russia to fight Ukrainian forces.
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Zelensky offers exchange of North Korean soldiers
Zelensky shared an image of a wounded man reported to have been captured in Russia's Kursk Oblast Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he is willing to hand over two captured North ...
Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump aid freeze threatens troop support as North Korea partially withdraws forces
Trump aid freeze threatens troop support as North Korea partially withdraws forces - US aid freeze is a ‘very severe blow’, ...
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Zelensky vows 'there will be more' North Korean troops captured
Jan. 12 (UPI) --Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has vowed to catch more North Korean soldiers fighting for Russia after two were captured over the weekend, calling attention to what ...
Zelensky's Videos Breach Geneva Conventions—Human Rights Watch
Rachel Denber, Human Rights Watch (HRW) deputy director, Europe and Central Asia division, said Zelensky posting the clips of ...
Starving North Korean soldier refused to drop sausage at gunpoint – then asked Ukrainian captors to watch romantic film
A STARVING North Korean soldier risked his life by refusing to drop a sausage when ordered to surrender by Ukrainian forces.