Zelenskyy says two North Korean prisoners of war were sent to South Korea
In a post excerpting a U.N. General Assembly address, Volodymyr Zelenskyy also described how North Korean soldiers are trained and urged the world not to give that force more time.
What we know
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a post on X that two North Korean prisoners of war were recently sent to the Republic of Korea. [1]
- Zelenskyy said one of the men tried to kill himself when he realized he would be captured, and was shocked to have survived. [1]
- The post was presented as an excerpt from Zelenskyy's address to the U.N. General Assembly. [1]
- Not yet confirmed: The post does not say when the transfer took place, who held the prisoners, or where they were captured. No South Korean or North Korean response is included in the material available.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy said two North Korean prisoners of war were recently sent to the Republic of Korea, according to a post on X published Sept. 24. [1]
Zelenskyy wrote that such soldiers are difficult to take alive. He said one of the two tried to kill himself when he realized he was about to be captured, and was shocked that he did not die. [1]
Zelenskyy used the account to criticize how North Korea prepares its troops. "They take away their freedom. They take away their right to choose. And they drill into them that they must die, no matter what," he wrote. [1]
He then posed a question to his audience: "Do you really want to give such a force more time to learn how to wage war?" [1]
Zelenskyy said the remarks came from an address to the U.N. General Assembly. The post was labeled as the second of seven parts. [1]
The account of the prisoners and their treatment is Zelenskyy's own statement. His claims about how North Korea trains its soldiers were not independently verified in the material available.