South Korea refused to supply Ukraine with weapons, but its military advances were still seeping into the country through Poland. The newspaper gives information about it. New York Times.
The material reported that the Republic of Korea prohibits the re-export of weapons. However, Poland sent its AHS Krab self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine and mounted chassis on it from South Korean 155-mm self-propelled artillery nests of K9-class self-propelled howitzers.
It has been noted that at this time it remains a mystery whether this is known in South Korea. At the same time, the South Korean Ministry of Defense did not answer such questions from media representatives.
Former South Korean Prime Minister Han Deok-soo declarationThat the authorities of the Republic of Korea are not yet ready to send weapons to Ukraine.
A similar point of view had previously been expressed by Chung Ha Gyu, the official representative of the Republic’s Ministry of Defense. According to him, the South Korean authorities maintain their stance on the transfer of weapons to Ukraine. So Seoul not going Supply deadly weapons to Kiev.