Ukraine and South Korea. Crisis after violating a secret agreement [ANALYZA]

During the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly on 23 September 2026, the president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenski revealed information about the transfer to [South Korea](https://defence24.pl/geopolitics/do-Russians-provokuja-koree-south-to-back-Ukraine-commentary) of the 2 captured by the Ukrainian army of North Korean POWs, which triggered a crisis in relations on the Seoul-Kijów line. The South Korean authorities, accusing Ukraine of disclosing secret agreements, considered this not only to be a breach of the secret agreement, but besides to be an act that reconciles South Korea's national interests, which is peculiarly crucial in the context of the increasing tension on the Korean peninsula," writes Prof. hab. Piotr Ostaszewski School of Economics, Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to the Republic of Korea from 2017 to 2024.