South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol told the Yonhap news agency earlier in the day that in the event of a situation in Ukraine that "the international community cannot tolerate," it would be difficult for Seoul to insist on providing only humanitarian or financial support to Kiev.
This, the president allowed for the first time the possibility of military assistance to Ukraine.
"There is nothing brand new in this, and in terms of sanctions and so on. To our regret, Seoul has taken a rather unfriendly position in this whole story ... Of course, the start of arms supplies will indirectly mean a certain stage of involvement in this conflict," Peskov told reporters.
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The deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, has warned of the dangers South Korea's plans to supply weapons to Ukraine are fraught with.
"There have emerged new enthusiasts eager to help our enemies. South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has said that in principle his country is ready to supply the Kiev regime with weapons," Medvedev said on his Telegram channel on Wednesday.
"Until recently, the South Koreans had vehemently assured that any possibility of supplying lethal weapons to Kiev was completely ruled out," he recalled.
"I wonder what the people of that country will say when they see Russia’s latest weapons in the hands of their closest neighbors - our partners in the DPRK?" Medvedev asked.
"As they say, quid pro quo," he described such a situation.
South Korea’s President Yoon Suk-yeol, in an interview with Reuters published Wednesday, did not rule out that Seoul might agree to supply weapons to Ukraine, if there was a serious threat to its population or if the laws of war were flagrantly violated.
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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday that there would be attempts to draw more and more countries into the conflict in Ukraine.
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"Of course, there will be more attempts to draw more and more countries directly into this conflict," Peskov told reporters, commenting on the South Korean president's statement about possible military assistance to Ukraine.