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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that he is ready to release North Korean soldiers captured in the Kursk area of Russia. In return, he has demanded the exchange of Ukrainian soldiers captured in Russia.
Zelensky wrote in a post on the social media platform
Ukraine on Saturday informed about the capture of 2 North Korean soldiers. This is the first time that Ukraine has captured North Korean soldiers alive. No information has been given yet by Russia and North Korea in this regard.
‘Didn’t know we were fighting a war’
Zelensky has also posted a video of North Korean soldiers in his post. In this video both the soldiers are being interrogated. In the video, one soldier is lying down while the other is injured in his jaw.
In response to a question, the lying soldier said that he did not know that he was fighting a war against Ukraine. According to the soldier, his commanders called it a training.
Zelensky said in his video that one soldier has expressed a desire to stay in Ukraine, while the other wants to return. According to estimates by Ukraine and Western countries, there are 11 thousand North Korean soldiers present in Russia.
They have been deployed to fight against Ukraine in the Kursk area of Russia. Ukraine took action against Russia in August last year and occupied hundreds of square kilometers of land in Kursk.
Claim- 300 North Korean soldiers were killed
According to CNN report, Ukraine estimates that more than 3,000 North Korean soldiers have been killed or injured during the fighting in Kursk. According to an American official, hundreds of North Korean soldiers have been killed in this area since October.
South Korean MP Lee Seong said on Monday, based on intelligence agency information, that so far 300 North Korean soldiers have died in Russia while 2700 are injured.
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