Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said Friday that Ukraine has assured him that two North Korean soldiers captured while fighting alongside Russia will not be repatriated to Moscow. Cho made the remarks during a parliamentary session, responding to a lawmaker's question regarding the captives who remain in Ukrainian custody since they were captured during combat on Russia's side in the front-line Kursk region in January last year. Earlier this month, Rep. Yu Yong-weon of the main opposition People Power Party said after visiting Ukraine that Russia had included the two soldiers on its list of prisoners it demanded be released in a prisoner-of-war (POW) exchange. "I have received confirmation from my Ukrainian counterpart that the soldiers will not be repatriated (to Russia)," Cho said. "There is no need to worry about the possibility of them being sent back to North Korea or Russia." Asked to confirm whether the soldiers were on the POW exchange list, Cho avoided giving a straight answer, indicating that Ukraine would not share such details with Seoul. Cho stressed that disclosing any details abo