South Korea says it is considering whether to send “offensive weapons” to Ukraine as a warning to North Korea and Russia, after accusing Pyongyang of deploying troops to aid Moscow’s war effort.
A high-level presidential official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said Seoul “can consider supporting defensive weapons, and if a threshold is exceeded, we could ultimately consider offensive weapons as well,” without defining what that threshold is.
South Korea says it is considering whether to send “offensive weapons” to Ukraine as a warning to North Korea and Russia, after accusing Pyongyang of deploying troops to aid Moscow’s war effort.
A high-level presidential official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said Seoul “can consider supporting defensive weapons, and if a threshold is exceeded, we could ultimately consider offensive weapons as well,” without defining what that threshold is.
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