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Trilateral deal! The captured North Koreans did not participate in the exchange of soldiers between Ukraine and Russia

According to the publication, South Korean lawmaker Yoo Yong-won personally met with Kim Jong-un's soldiers during his February trip to Ukraine

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The two North Korean soldiers captured by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kursk region did not participate in the exchange of prisoners between Kiev and Moscow. This was reported by South Korean lawmaker Yoo Yong-won, according to the French newspaper Le Monde.

According to him, the North Koreans were excluded from the lists at the request of Seoul - South Korea has expressed its readiness to accept them if they wish not to return to North Korea.

According to the publication, the South Korean lawmaker personally met with Kim Jong-un's soldiers during his February trip to Ukraine.