The Security Service for Ukraine announced on Saturday that it had captured two soldiers from North Korea in Russia’s Kursk region and they are being questioned in Kyiv.
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00:00Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says he'll return two North Korean soldiers to
00:06Pyongyang in exchange for Ukrainian prisoners of war held in Russia.
00:11That statement comes after the security service for Ukraine announced on Saturday that two
00:16North Korean soldiers had been captured in Russia's Kursk region.
00:20If Kim Jong-un remembers about his citizens and can organize an exchange for our soldiers
00:27who are held in Russia, we can send such soldiers.
00:32There will be other prisoners of war from North Korea, too.
00:37Zelenskiy said during questioning one of the men said he wants to return to North Korea,
00:42while the other reportedly indicated he wanted to stay in Ukraine.
00:46There's been no comment from Pyongyang about the capture of the soldiers, but North Korea
00:50hasn't publicly confirmed it sent troops to support Russia's war effort.
00:55Ukraine's security service said their capture was indisputable evidence of North Korean involvement in the war.
01:01Meanwhile, South Korea's Yonhap news agency quoting the country's spy agency said 300
01:07North Korean soldiers had been killed in fighting with around 2,700 wounded.
01:12The news agency also said that North Korean troops are urged by their Russian commanders
01:17to kill themselves rather than risk capture by Ukrainian forces.
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