The Kremlin / Russian Government

Force in Play

Says it has no information on the transfer

Zelenskyy told the UN General Assembly on Sept 23 that Ukraine had transferred two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea. The soldiers were the first North Korean troops captured alive since Pyongyang sent forces to fight alongside Russia in late 2024.

Updated Sep 24

Force in Play

Hosted talks; ordered pause on Kyiv strikes

President Trump's envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Kyiv on Sunday for their first official visit to Ukraine. The trip came a day after a three-hour meeting with Vladimir Putin in Moscow, part of a renewed push to end a war now in its fifth year.

Updated Sep 7

Rule Changes

Pressing neutrality and territorial conditions while continuing strikes

Zelensky just did something he once treated as untouchable: he offered to drop Ukraine's NATO bid. Not as surrender, but as a trade—Kyiv gives up the alliance path, and the West gives Ukraine legally binding protection strong enough to scare Moscow off for good.

Updated May 15