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South Korea denies sending weapons to Ukraine after Putin remarks

A K2 Black Panther tank manufactured by South Korea's Hyundai Rotem is displayed at the Seoul International Aerospace & Defence Exhibition, Seoul, South Korea in 2021 [Josh Smith/Reuters]

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has denied that Seoul provided any lethal weapons to Ukraine after Russian President Vladimir Putin said such a decision would destroy their bilateral relations.

Putin made the remark at a conference in Moscow on Thursday, accusing the West of inciting the war in Ukraine and stressing that a decision by South Korea to supply weapons to Ukraine would destroy relations, equating such a move to Moscow sending arms to North Korea.

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