Last week, President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed that Ukraine had transferred two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea. Seoul condemned Zelensky for making the transfer public, while South Korea’s intelligence service assessed that the disclosure was likely an effort to build public support for providing Ukraine with weapons and other assistance.
The two North Korean soldiers were captured by Ukrainian forces fighting in Russia’s Kursk region in 2025. Kiev initially offered to return the. . .