President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has offered North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to return captured soldiers from North Korea in exchange for his assistance in returning Ukrainian prisoners of war from Russia.

Ukraine reportedly captured two North Koreans in Russia's Kursk region, the first time it announced the capture of North Korean soldiers alive since their entry into Russia's war against Ukraine last

The announcement came after Ukraine claimed to have captured two North Korean soldiers in Russia’s Kursk region, marking the first publicly confirmed instance of North Korean troops being apprehended since their deployment in support of Moscow’s forces last autumn.