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Ukraine’s capture of North Koreans offers rare insight into Russian alliance, says Zelenskyy

Kyiv keen to emphasise that Ukraine is fighting an unprecedented coalition of malign autocratic statesUkraine’s capture of two North Korean soldiers on the battlefield has provided a rare glimpse into their role and Pyongyang’s participation in the Russian invasion, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said.The two soldiers were taken prisoner in Kursk oblast, the scene of intense fighting since Ukraine launched a cross-border raid five months ago. Video showed special forces soldiers carrying one of the wounded North Koreans across a snowy forest. Continue reading...

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												17 hours ago											North Korean troops in Ukraine gain battlefield experience, cementing alliance with Russia
												
													North Korean troops have been deployed to bolster Russian forces in the Kursk border region with Ukraine, where they are gaining battlefield experience despite initial heavy losses												
												
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												32 hours ago											Ukraine captures two North Korean soldiers ALIVE as President Zelensky shares pictures
												
													The wounded men - pictured - are the first taken alive since Kim Jong-un sent his soldiers to fight for Vladimir Putin. They are now in Kyiv assisting the Ukrainian secret service												
												
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												19 hours ago											Ukraine war briefing: Ukraine ‘captures two North Korean soldiers in Russia’
												
													Pair being interrogated in Kyiv, with intelligence agency SBU saying one had fake Russian military ID; Russia claims control of village near PokrovskSee all our Ukraine coverageUkraine said it was interrogating two North Korean soldiers after capturing the pair in Russia’s Kursk region – the first time it has announced the capture of North Korean soldiers alive since their entry into the war last year. The president, Volodymyr Zelensyy, said on X on Saturday the soldiers were captured by Ukraine’s special forces and were being interrogated by the SBU domestic intelligence agency in Kyiv. The SBU released a video showing the two men in hospital bunks, one with bandaged hands and the other with a bandaged jaw. It said their questioning was being done in Korean with the help of South Korea’s NIS intelligence agency. Neither Russia nor North Korea immediately reacted to the announcement.The SBU said the two captured North Korean men had told interrogators they were experienced army sold...												
												
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												27 hours ago											Ukraine captures first North Korean prisoners of war as Russia advances in Donetsk
												
													Ukraine’s security service says the North Korean POWs were ‘irrefutable evidence’ of Pyongyang’s involvement in Russia’s invasion												
												
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												31 hours ago											Ukraine shows first North Korean soldiers captured alive fighting war for Putin
												
													Two North Korean soldiers have been captured alive and are now helping Ukrainian secret service after being given false Russian identities and drafted in to fight in Putin's war against Ukraine												
												
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