Ukraine’s POW transfer reveal deals North Korea a propaganda blow
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has put North Korea in a propaganda bind, analysts say, by publicly revealing that Kyiv recently transferred two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea.
The disclosure – made during Zelensky’s address to the UN General Assembly on Wednesday – directly challenges Pyongyang’s narrative that its soldiers fighting alongside Russian forces would choose death over surrender.
North Korea is unlikely to acknowledge the transfer publicly, but may strengthen...