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    <text>South Korea recalls its ambassador to Ukraine after accusing Ukraine of breaching a non-disclosure agreement by disclosing the transfer of two captured North Korean soldiers to South Korea. </text>
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      <text>A Russian drone strikes Pivdennyi Bridge in Kyiv, Ukraine, for fourth time in two days. </text>
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      <text>A Russian drone strikes Pivdennyi Bridge in Kyiv, Ukraine, for forth time in two days. </text>
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      <text>A Russian drone strikes Pivdennyi Bridge in Kyiv, Ukraine. </text>
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    <text>A Russian drone strikes Pivdennyi Bridge in Kyiv, Ukraine, for the fourth time in two days. </text>
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    <text>Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that Ukraine transferred two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea after capturing them in Kursk Oblast, Russia, in January 2025. </text>
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    <text>South Korea's KOSPI index rises by 18%, its largest single-day gain in history, amid a surge of investment in AI. </text>
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    <text>South Korea announces that it will accept any North Korean prisoners of war captured by Ukraine while fighting for Russia if they choose resettlement in South Korea. South Korea also opposes any repatriation of such prisoners against their wishes. </text>
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      <text>Russia and Ukraine swap 205 prisoners of war each following a violated three-day ceasefire. </text>
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      <text>Russia and Ukraine swap 205 prisoners of war each following a three-day ceasefire. </text>
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    <text>Russia and Ukraine swap 205 prisoners of war following a violated three-day ceasefire. </text>
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    <text>Russian defence minister Andrey Belousov and State Duma chairman Vyacheslav Volodin visit Pyongyang, North Korea, inaugurating a memorial to North Korean troops who died fighting against Ukraine and negotiating a new defense cooperation agreement set to run until 2031. </text>
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    <text>French journalist Antoni Lallican is killed and photographer Hryhoriy Ivanchenko is injured by a Russian drone strike in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. </text>
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    <text>An overnight Russian Shahed drone strike kills five people, including a child, and injures nine others in Pryluky, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine. </text>
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      <text>South Korea military reports the firing by North Korea of what appears to be an intermediate-range ballistic missile towards the Sea of Japan, in what would be Pyongyang's first missile launch in two months. The launch comes as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Seoul for talks with South Korea's leaders. </text>
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      <text>South Korea military reports the firing by North Korea what appears to be an intermediate-range ballistic missile towards the Sea of Japan, in what would be Pyongyang's first missile launch in two months. The launch comes as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Seoul for talks with South Korea's leaders. </text>
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    <text>The South Korean military reports that North Korea has fired what appears to be an intermediate-range ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan, in what would be the country's first missile launch in two months. The launch comes as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Seoul, South Korea, for talks with South Korean leaders. </text>
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  <text>South Korea withdraws additional embassy staff from Ukraine following a dispute over two captured North Korean soldiers who were transferred to South Korea. </text>
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