Seoul 'will not stand by but respond firmly in collaboration with the international community,' South Korea said.
Reports of North Korean troops fighting alongside Russian forces in Ukraine appear to be motivating South Korea to provide weapons to the Ukrainians for the first time, which could be a boon to Kyiv at a tough moment in the grinding war.While firmly aligned with the U.S. and a supporter of Ukraine, South Korea has so far declined to provide lethal aid for its war effort, although Seoul has sent humanitarian packages, including medical supplies, to Kyiv.
'The Kremlin's apparent desire to assure South Korea that its cooperation with North Korea is not a threat to Seoul suggests that the Kremlin remains very concerned about the prospect of Seoul's potential pivot towards providing Ukraine with necessary military support,' said the Institute for the Study of War, a U.S. think tank, on Monday.
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