Russia invades Ukraine {2022-02-24} (Part 2)

[Monty]

Ukraine repatriates North Korean POWs to South Korea, at the POWs’ requests.

UNITED NATIONS/SEOUL, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Ukraine has transferred two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday ‌in an address to the United Nations General Assembly.

“Recently, we sent two North Korean ‌prisoners of war to the Republic of Korea,” said Zelenskiy in his speech.

“These guys are not easy to capture alive. One ​of them, when he realized he was going to be taken prisoner, tried to kill himself. And he was shocked that fate did not let him die.”

Zelenskiy did not provide more details about the return. Ukraine captured the two North Koreans in Russia’s Kursk region in January last year. They were the first ‌North Korean soldiers to be apprehended ⁠alive since the country joined the Russia-Ukraine war in 2024.

Zelenskiy said at the time that he would hand them over to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ⁠if he could facilitate their exchange for Ukrainians held captive in Russia.

Human rights groups, however, urged him to repatriate them to South Korea citing the risks of punishments the soldiers faced. South Korean media reported that ​the two ​captured soldiers had expressed their desire to defect to ​South Korea.

South Korea’s foreign ministry said it ‌would not be able to confirm the matter, including details such as the timing of their return, citing the safety of the soldiers and their families. The country’s unification ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

South Korea in June said it would accept all North Korean prisoners of war who fought for Russia and opposed any repatriation of them to Russia or North Korea.

[Gyrate]

You would think they would have seen this coming…

Russian Terek radar with detection range of up to 250 km struck in occupied...

[Mr.Duality]

Seeing it coming is a necessary but not sufficient condition for stopping it.

[Magiver]

The radar signal is also a homing device for the weapons trying to destroy it.

[smithsb]

Ukrainian unmanned vehicles firing defensive nets against attacking drones. Robot on robot.

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