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South Korea Says Zelenskyy’s Revelation of a Secret POW Transfer Was Likely a Play for More Support

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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s spy agency said Wednesday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s recent revelation of a supposedly secret transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war to the South was likely meant to generate public support in this Asian democracy for greater assistance to Ukraine. Zelenskyy’s disclosure during his U.N. speech...

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Russia claims that Ukraine's recent disclosure of the repatriation of North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea at the UN General Assembly was retaliation for not receiving Patriot air defense missile support from South Korea. On the 27th, the Russian state-run news agency RIA Novosti reported, through an article by columnist Dmitryn Bavirin, that “Zel

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A columnist for the Russian state-run news agency RIA Novosti pointed to the failure of South Korea's support for Patriot missiles as the reason behind Ukrainian President Zelenskyy's public announcement regarding the repatriation of North Korean prisoners of war. RIA Novosti published an op-ed by Dmitry Bavirin on the 28th (local time). Bavirin argued that it has become difficult for Ukraine to secure the Patriot systems it needs from European …

SEOUL – South Korean intelligence agencies believe Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky may have announced the transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war to boost South Korea's public support for providing weapons to South Korea, a lawmaker said on Wednesday. According to a National Intelligence Service assessment, Zelensky "may have decided to announce the transfer in the hope that sending the prisoners to South Korea will generate public …

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조선일보 broke the news on Monday, September 28, 2026.
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