Criticism of the opposition over Zelenskiy's surprise announcement at the UN General Assembly... political issue story

Controversy also erupted in Ukrainian politics over Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's sudden disclosure of the repatriation of two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea.

The Korean government's position is that Ukraine broke the agreement to keep the prisoner repatriation confidential and suddenly made it public, and a 'truth battle' over President Zelenskyy's actions appears to be taking place within Ukraine as well.

According to local Ukrainian media outlets Ukraine Pravda and Interfax, Oksana Torov, media advisor to Ukrainian Ambassador to the UK Valery Zaluzhny, criticized President Zelenskyy's announcement of the prisoner repatriation on Facebook on the 25th (local time), calling it a "show."

Toroff criticized, "The problem is that there was a non-disclosure agreement between the two countries," and "It's a show, exaggerated publicity, intense effects for intense scenes. Here we go again."

Someone close to Ambassador Zaluzny, who is considered a political rival of President Zelenskyy, publicly criticized the president's actions.

Dmytro Litvin, an aide to President Zelensky, refuted this post by directly commenting on it.

He claimed, “There was no such (non-disclosure) agreement. It is not true,” and “It would also be wrong to hide where certain prisoners are being sent.”

When Torov retorted, "From what I understand, there was such an agreement, and the prisoner of war issue was part of a larger process of cooperative negotiations with Korea," Litvin again nailed it, saying, "There was no agreement to remain silent," and an argument broke out in the comments.

Previously, in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly on the 23rd, President Zelensky made a surprising announcement that Ukraine had recently repatriated two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea.

In relation to this, the Ukrainian President's Office responded to Yonhap News' inquiry about the background to the decision to send North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea, saying it was a "quite sensitive issue" but asserting that the decision was reached through "direct dialogue with South Korea."

Afterwards, on the 24th, President Lee Jae-myung said on

He then pointed out, “(The Ukrainian side) violated the non-disclosure agreement and made it public,” and added, “I don’t know what the circumstances were, but it’s very disappointing.”