Lee Jae-myung demands apology from Ukraine after transfer of North Korean prisoners

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung warned Friday that Seoul will take "further measures" if Ukraine refuses to issue a formal apology after kyiv unilaterally revealed the transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war from Ukraine to South Korea.

“If Ukraine continues to refuse to acknowledge the facts and publicly apologize, we will take further action. This is an issue that affects the dignity of the Republic of Korea and its people, and cannot be ignored,” Lee Jae Myung wrote on X.

kyiv and Brussels reached an agreement on Thursday on the terms of financing Ukraine in 2026 and 2027, under the terms of which the European Union does not intend to commit to new amounts.

“We identified ways to cover Ukraine's budgetary and defense needs for 2026. We also reaffirmed the necessary steps to ensure their timely provision,” the two sides said in a joint statement.

“We have agreed on the format, the calendar and the necessary steps to guarantee complete coverage”, in 2026 and in 2027, assured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, on the social network X.

Vladimir Putin warned on Thursday that Russia could use “all types of weapons”, including nuclear weapons, in the event of an attack by NATO armies against the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad – wedged between Poland, Lithuania and the Baltic Sea – while insisting that his country has “no intention of attacking anyone”.

“If we come to a direct attack against Russia, in this case against Kaliningrad, the question of the use of all types of weapons that we have will be on the agenda,” declared the master of the Kremlin during the political forum in Moscow.