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Seoul demands an apology after Zelenskyy unilaterally reveals North Korean prisoners of war transfer
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President of Ukraine since 2019
Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy is a Ukrainian politician and former entertainer who has served as the sixth president of Ukraine since 2019. He took office five years after the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war with Russia's annexation of Crimea and invasion of the Donbas, and has continued to serve during the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, which has been ongoing since February 2022.
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Seoul has demanded an apology after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy revealed what it says was supposed to be a secret transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea
The row was ignited by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s disclosure that his country had sent two North Korean soldiers to South Korea.