Ukraine, North Korea

What does the future hold for North Korean POWs in Ukraine?
Ukraine has captured two North Korean soldiers fighting for Russia, and expects more. However, the soldiers do not necessarily want to return to their authoritarian homeland.Ukraine, the United States and South Korea have accused North Korea of providing Russia with more than 10,
How Ukraine captured a North Korean POW, told by the soldiers who took part
It was a month-long mission with one primary goal — capturing a North Korean soldier alive. One of the biggest obstacles facing the Ukrainian forces tasked with the objective while operating in Russia’s Kursk Oblast was overcoming the fanatical,
Zelensky Shows Video of Captive North Korean Soldier: 'Unaware of Ukraine'
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has shared new footage appearing to show a North Korean soldier wounded in battle and captured by Kyiv after fighting alongside Russian forces.
Ukraine claims more North Korean soldiers killed as Zelenskyy offers prisoner swap
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy predicted that his nation's forces would "undoubtedly" capture more North Korean troops.
The North Korean Card in Ukraine
North Korea's ever tightening embrace of Russia is one critical issue facing the incoming Trump administration.
North Korean Soldiers in Ukraine Spotlight Rights Crisis
A video released last week shows Ukrainian authorities interrogating two North Korean soldiers captured in the Kursk region of Russia. In the video, one of the soldiers expressed a desire to stay in Ukraine;
North Korean Troops In The Ukraine War: What We Know
Months after Kyiv and Seoul began sounding the alarm over North Korea's growing role in the Ukraine war, Kyiv now says Pyongyang's troops are being killed and captured in battles with Ukrainian forces.
Zelensky 'ready' to hand North Korean POWs to Pyongyang
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday he was ready to hand over captured North Korean soldiers to Pyongyang in exchange for the return of Ukrainian POWs held in Russia.In a post on X Sunday,
North Koreans troops more combat-ready than Russian military, say POWs
Ukraine has asserted that North Korean troops engaged in the war are more combat-ready than Russian soldiers, a claim it says is echoed by Russian prisoners of war.
A stick-figure drawing in a North Korean soldier's diary showed how Pyongyang's troops wanted to use each other as drone 'bait'
Ukraine said it retrieved a diary from a North Korean soldier that contains a confession of stealing from his Russian comrade ...
Hudson Institute2d
Ukraine Military Situation Report | January 15
Below Senior Fellow Can Kasapoğlu offers a military situation report about the war in Ukraine. Executive Summary ...
The Washington Post7d
Ukraine has captured two North Korean soldiers in Russia, Zelensky says
could offer Kyiv important intelligence about the collaboration between Pyongyang and Moscow. Russia and North Korea signed a mutual defense pact in November, and Ukraine has said at least 11,000 ...
The New Voice of Ukraine on MSN1d
North Korea’s entire Russian-based force can be wiped out by April — ISW
The report recalls that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated in early January 2025 that approximately 3,800 North ...