Everything we know about the North Korean POWs captured by Ukraine

Details: Written by: Chris York; 13.Jan; Hits: 7

Ukrainian forces fighting in Russia's Kursk Oblast captured two North Korean soldiers, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Jan. 11, "irrefutable evidence" of Pyongyang's involvement in Moscow's full-scale invasion."This task was not easy," Zelensky said, claiming that North Korean military personnel usually "finish off their wounded" in order to hide the evidence of their participation in the war.North Korea deployed around 12,000 soldiers in Kursk Oblast, where Ukraine launched a surprise cross-border incursion in August 2024 to bring the war to Russia, a senior Ukrainian official familiar with the intelligence told the Kyiv Independent in December 2024.Ukrainian forces captured a wounded North Korean soldier during operations in Russia's Kursk Oblast, Yonhap reported on Dec.

The Kyiv Independent

The Kyiv Independent is Ukraine’s fastest-growing English-language media outlet, created in November 2021, just three months before the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Serve as the bridge between Ukraine and the world, delivering reliable news, context, and on-the-ground reporting.

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27, citing the South Korean National Intelligence Service (NIS), though he later reportedly died of his wounds.Since Zelensky's announcement on Jan. 11, a few details about the POWs have emerged, as well as questions about what could happen to them next.Ukraine’s first North Korean POWs – how big of a deal is it?"I know it's seen as a bit of a propaganda coup, but in the big scheme of things, I think it's of minimal significance," retired Australian Major General Mick Ryan told the Kyiv independent.Despite the capture of two North Korean POWs fighting for Russia being the first of its kind, Ryan said in terms of the war in Ukraine, and the numbers of prisoners taken by both sides, they're "just two more soldiers.

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