Ukrainian paratroopers capture over 20 Russian soldiers in Kursk Oblast

Ukraine wants to end this war more than any other country,

Ponomarenko said

The issue of prisoner exchange is very delicate ... To prevent a negative impact on the process, it would be appropriate to refrain from premature comments on this matter at the time being,

Ponomarenko said when asked whether talks with Pyongyang have materialized

Regardless of the number and quality of North Korean troops, they are an additional problem for our defenders, adding to their work and distracting them from destroying the Russian aggressors,

Ponomarenko said, while not ruling out the possibility of additional troop deployment

It must be real peace, not appeasement of the aggressor. Ukraine is open to diplomacy, but only to the one that leads to a comprehensive, just and lasting peace,

the envoy said

Given the threat to the life and freedom of North Korean servicemen in the event of their repatriation to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), and if they refuse to go back, we are open for a dialogue with international partners, in particular the Republic of Korea, regarding the possibilities of their transfer to third countries,

Ponomarenko said in a recent written interview with The Korea Times, referring the two Koreas by their official names

From what I understand, they don’t want Koreans taken prisoner. They quickly evacuate their wounded and dead to erase all traces,

Didorchuk said

Their assaults are massive, but they’re treated as expendable,

Didorchuk said

He didn’t know if we were allies or enemies,

Didorchuk said

I saw it as an attempt at self-destruction,

Didorchuk said

The battle was intense and dragged on for hours,

recalled 27-year-old paratrooper Maksym Didorchuk

I do feel sorry for him, but damn, they came to our land,

the soldier said

They must have realized we’d captured him and were desperate to take him out,

the soldier said

When I handed him over to the medics, he looked terrified that I wasn’t going with him,

the soldier said

He said conscription starts at 16 and lasts eight years,

the Ukrainian soldier said

I looked at him, and honestly, I felt sorry for him,

he said

There is currently no final understanding of whether the [North Korean] troops will return to participate in the assault operations in Kursk. They have not been participating in the assaults for several weeks now."

Head of Ukraine's Center for Countering Disinformation Andriy Kovalenko said on Telegram on Tuesday

How SSO [Ukraine's Special Operations Forces] fighters first captured a North Korean military officer. The video shows the same North Korean military officer whose interrogation was shown by President Volodymyr Zelensky,

RBC Ukraine said, releasing the footage late on Monday

One reason for this may be the occurrence of many casualties, but the exact details are still being monitored,

said the spy agency

According to initial reports, the occupiers used a ballistic missile. Four people were killed,

Oleg Synegubov wrote on Telegram, adding

Since mid-January, it appears that the North Korean troops deployed to the Kursk region of Russia have not engaged in combat,

South Korea's National Intelligence Service said