Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has expressed his willingness to release North Korean soldiers captured by Ukraine in the Kursk region of Russia in exchange for Ukrainian soldiers currently held captive in Russia. This move marks the first time Kyiv has captured soldiers alive from North Korea.
The captured North Korean soldiers, as shown in a video released by Ukraine's Security Service, include one soldier with a jaw wound and another with bandaged hands. The soldiers claimed they were unaware they were fighting in a war against Ukraine, believing it to be a training exercise as instructed by their commanders.
