Yes! The President of South Korea has confirmed plans to provide military and armed support to Ukraine - Rostislav Demchuk.

Yes! The President of South Korea has confirmed plans to provide military and armed support to Ukraine.

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol stated that Seoul "will not sit idly by" while North Korea sends troops to the war in Ukraine. The leader of the Republic of Korea (not to be confused with North Korea) emphasized that his country is prepared to take decisive and concrete actions.

"If North Korea sends special forces to the war in Ukraine as part of cooperation between Russia and North Korea, we will support Ukraine step by step and will also consider and implement necessary measures to ensure security on the Korean Peninsula," Yoon Suk-yeol said at a joint press conference with Polish President Andrzej Duda.

"While we maintain the principle of not supplying lethal weapons directly to other countries, we may reconsider our position depending on the level of military actions by North Korea in Ukraine," highlighted the President of the Republic of Korea.

According to him, Seoul is ready to consider the possibility of sending weapons to Ukraine, as the anticipated deployment of North Korean troops in Russia poses a "provocation threatening global security not only on the Korean Peninsula but also in Europe."

Last Tuesday, South Korea's First Deputy National Security Advisor Kim Tae-hyo stated that Seoul will implement "step-by-step measures" against North Korea and Russia in response to their military cooperation. In particular, South Korea is considering sending offensive and defensive weapons to Ukraine. (!!!)

The National Intelligence Service of South Korea (NIS) suspects that Pyongyang has sent fighters from the Western District Special Forces of the Korean People's Army, which is considered one of the "most brutal in the world," to the war in Ukraine. On October 5, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un personally visited the camp of these soldiers: in his presence, they were smashing concrete slabs lying on the bodies of their comrades with their fists and hammers. These soldiers have been raised in complete information isolation and hatred towards NATO. They are referred to as North Korea's "fighting machines." About 1,500 of them have already arrived in the Far East, where they are undergoing training in barracks near Khabarovsk.