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Ukraine captures 2 North Korean soldiers in Russia's Kursk Oblast, Zelensky says

by The Kyiv Independent news deskJanuary 11, 2025 2:11 PM1 min read

 

A photo apparently capturing a North Korean prisoner of war (POW). (President Volodymyr Zelensky/Telegram)

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Ukrainian troops captured two North Korean soldiers as prisoners of war (POWs) in Russia's Kursk Oblast, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Jan. 11.

"This task was not easy," he said in a Telegram post.

"Usually, Russia and other North Korean military personnel finish off their wounded and do everything possible to ensure that no evidence of the participation of another state – North Korea – in the war against Ukraine is preserved."

The two wounded soldiers received necessary medical care and are in the custody of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) in Kyiv, according to Zelensky. The president applauded Ukrainian paratroopers and soldiers from the Special Operation Forces for capturing the North Koreans.

North Korea deployed around 12,000 soldiers in Kursk Oblast, where Ukraine launched a surprise cross-border incursion in August to bring the war to Russia, a senior Ukrainian official familiar with the intelligence told the Kyiv Independent.