Accounts conflict Whether Ukraine and South Korea agreed to keep the transfer confidential
South Korea said Ukraine had requested confidentiality and the two sides agreed to keep the transfer secret; the National Intelligence Service said Ukraine requested strict confidentiality from the outset of discussions.
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“Ukraine requested confidentiality, and we agreed to keep the matter confidential, but Ukraine unilaterally disclosed it”
Lee Jong-seok, South Korea's intelligence service director · our summary of The Hankyoreh
Ukrainian officials denied that a confidentiality agreement existed; Lytvyn also said it would be wrong to conceal where particular prisoners were sent.
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Ukrainian officials · our summary of Okaz
“Zelenskyy went to New York and publicly announced the transfer of the POWs to South Korea.”
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