Zelensky’s disclosure of North Korean POW transfer challenges Pyongyang
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Kyiv had transferred two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea, according to the South China Morning Post. Analysts said the disclosure puts Pyongyang under propaganda pressure by challenging its claim that troops fighting alongside Russia choose death rather than surrender.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has publicly disclosed that Kyiv recently transferred two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea, the South China Morning Post reported. Zelensky made the statement during an address to the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, according to the source. Analysts said the disclosure creates a propaganda problem for North Korea.
The revelation challenges Pyongyang’s reported narrative that North Korean soldiers fighting alongside Russian forces choose death rather than surrender. The transfer therefore presents a public counterpoint to that claim. The source said North Korea was unlikely to acknowledge the transfer publicly.
It also reported that Pyongyang might strengthen its response, but the supplied material does not specify what action that would involve. No further information was provided about the two prisoners, how they were captured or the circumstances of their transfer.
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