Any selection through South Korea to deliver hands to Ukraine could make Seoul a player withinside the conflict, the Kremlin stated on Wednesday, after President Yoon Suk Yeol opened the door to such deliveries.
South Korea has denounced Russia`s invasion of Ukraine and provided monetary and humanitarian resource to Kyiv, however in contrast to america and European allies has thus far stopped quick of sending guns.
In a Reuters interview on Tuesday beforehand of a go to to Washington subsequent week, Yoon stated Seoul could don’t forget arming Kyiv withinside the occasion of a chief new assault towards Ukrainian civilians.
“Unfortunately, Seoul has taken a as a substitute unfriendly role on this entire story,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov advised journalists in a briefing.
“They will try and draw an increasing number of international locations at once into this conflict. But of course, the begin of hands deliveries will obliquely imply a sure level of involvement on this conflict.”
Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev, a near best friend of President Vladimir Putin who often makes hawkish remarks on Russia’s army marketing campaign in Ukraine, recommended Moscow ought to reply through providing superior weaponry to North Korea.
“I marvel what the population of this country [South Korea] will say after they see the modern day designs of Russian guns withinside the palms in their closest neighbours – our companions from the DPRK [North Korea]?” Medvedev stated in a submit on Telegram.