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A strange situation with the two North Korean soldiers captured by Ukraine during its incursion into the Kursk oblast. 1/8

28/9/26, 8:58 am5 reposts17 likes

Anton Shekhovtsov

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They were handed over to South Korea, as Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed recently. 2/8

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South Korean authorities immediately freaked out, claiming that Ukraine had violated a non-disclosure agreement by making the transfer public. 3/8

Anton Shekhovtsov

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For anyone who actually followed the story of Ukraine's capture of the North Korean soldiers, this presumed South Korean outrage is very odd, to say the least. 4/8

Anton Shekhovtsov

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The transfer to South Korea had been discussed _publicly_ by Seoul and Kyiv for many months, and only a few months ago it was reported that the two sides had reached an agreement on it. 5/8